Lot #12 Four Major Shapes of Indochinite Tektites

Description:

Four Major Shapes of Indochinite Tektites. When an enormous meteorite impacted the earth 700,000 years ago in Southeast Asia, the vaporized layers of the uppermost layers of rocks solidified in the earth's atmosphere forming the black cratered Tektites know as Indochinites. They are found throughout Southeastern Asia and Southern China. The rate and temperature of solidification as well as the orientation of the rock determined what shapes the glossy black tektites formed. This collection is of the four major shapes. There is a 1½ inch round, a 2¾ inch flattened round disk, a 3¼ inch dumbbell and a 2¾ inch teardrop shape. Estimated Value $200 - 600.

Categories: Rock/Mineral