Libyan Desert Glass | Natural Glass
Libyan Desert Glass is a rare and beautiful impact glass, found in only one remote location on Earth, near the Libyan/Egyptian border in the Great Sand Sea. It is associated with an ancient meteorite impact which arrived in the form of an airburst. Quality specimens are translucent, and also display pseudo regmaglypts, possibly caused by wind erosion, or by ablation when molten fragments were thrown into the air following impact.
Please note the amazing size and deep coloration of the extremely rare green Libyan Glass. High quality Libyan Desert Glass specimens are graded by their clarity, shape and color.
The ancient pectoral pictured at left belonged to Tutankhamun, and the yellow scarab is carved from Libyan Desert Glass, giving this striking meteoritic material a unique link to Egypt and to humanity’s distant past.
