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tektite
Small glassy bodies containing no crystals, composed of at least 65 percent silicon dioxide, bearing no relation to the geological formations in which they occur, and believed to be of extraterrestrial origin Tektites are found in certain large areas called strewn fields They are named, as are minerals, with the suffix ite , as australite , found in Australia, billitonite, indochinite , and rizalite , found in Southeast Asia, bediasite from Texas, and moldavite from Bohemia and Moravia
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A small, round, dark glassy object, composed of silicates, formed by the rapid cooling of meteorite fragments that hit the Earth
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{i} dark glassy rock thought to be the result of meteors striking the Earth's crust (Geology)
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thought to derive from meteorites
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Black in color, these small, mostly glass objects are of unknown origin Found mostly in Australia, Java, Philippines and Indochina, they are thought to be formed from material ejected at the time of a crater-creating impact The term is derived from the Greek word tektos which means melted
tektite
Any of a class of small, natural glassy objects found on the Earth's surface and associated with meteorite impacts. The extremely high temperatures and enormous pressures generated when a large meteorite, comet, or asteroid hits the Earth melt the rocks at the site, producing masses of molten droplets that are blasted into and out of the Earth's atmosphere. The droplets cool quickly to a glassy form and then fall back to the Earth
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A small, glassy material formed by the impact of a large body, usually a meteor or asteroid Tektites are commonly found at the sites of meteor craters