This is a marvelous polished cab of AAA Libyan Desert Glass (LDG) weighing 2.65 grams and measuring and 0.95” by 0.7” by 0.2and rounded top and bottom. With a loupe you can see many little spheroids of cristobalite and a single dark spot. Libyan Desert Glass is a tektite, but with a difference. Discovered by the western world in 1932 by Patrick Clayton, they had been known to the ancient Egyptians; a scarab carved from this glass was found in King Tutankhamen’s tomb. The age of the glass is unknown and it is thought to be an impactite, in that it was formed from a meteorite (or some other force) that literally vitrified the sand. Interestingly, the authorities have never found a meteor crater and are at a loss to explain what could have caused such high heat as to fuse the sand like this. LDG is almost pure silica with traces of iridium (the dark spot), proof of their extraterrestrial origin since iridium is the one element found on Earth not native to here. The largest LDG ever found weighed 26 kg and they are from the Great Sand Sea in northern Africa! This beautiful cab would make a gorgeous pendant, ring or bracelet!

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AAA Golden Libyan Desert Glass Polished Oval Cab