We acquired this piece from an old collection
5 x 3mm it's large for a Popigai diamond
Mineral: Phenakite on Albite
Includes mineral specimen label
Mundrabilla Iron Meteorite
Australite Tektite, 2.4g, South-Western Australia African Crystals We acquired this piece fromAustralites are tektites, a natural glass created during a meteorite impact. Australites formed about 700,000 800,000 years ago when a massive meteorite impacted Earth. The impact glass was blasted high into the upper atmosphere, where it cooled and began its descent back to Earth. As the tektites re entered our atmosphere, traveling at high velocity, aero dynamic ablation occurred, causing the outer surface of the tektite to melt away, leaving the