LIBYAN DESERT GLASSLIBYAN DESERT GLASS What’s all the commotion? 29 million years ago a mysterious silica-rich natural glass, called Libyan Desert Glass (LDG) was formed. Also known as Libyan Gold Tektite or Great Sand Sea Glass, this fascinating stone is found between sand dunes in western Egypt's southwestern corner of the Great Sand Sea (modern day Sahara Desert, in what is Western Egypt and Eastern Libya), glittering as glass gems under the radiant desert Sun. This golden glass, usually yellow in color,...
MOLDAVITEMOLDAVITE Creation / Formation: Moldavite is a stone composed of a glassy mixture of silicon dioxide, aluminum oxide, and other metal oxides. It is typically a deep forest green in color, however, some specimens can be a pale green, and others, especially from Moravia, are a greenish brown. In rare cases, a few gem grade stones can be found being slightly darker than emerald. It is tektite, amorphous in structure, and has a hardness of 5.5 to 6. Moldavite was formed during an asteroid impact ...
LIBYAN DESERT GLASS
LIBYAN DESERT GLASS What’s all the commotion? 29 million years ago a mysterious silica-rich natural glass, called Libyan Desert Glass (LDG) was formed. Also known as Libyan Gold Tektite or Great Sand Sea Glass, this fascinating stone is found between sand dunes in western Egypt's southwestern corner of the Great Sand Sea (modern day Sahara Desert, in what is Western Egypt and Eastern Libya), glittering as glass gems under the radiant desert Sun. This golden glass, usually yellow in color,...
MOLDAVITE
MOLDAVITE Creation / Formation: Moldavite is a stone composed of a glassy mixture of silicon dioxide, aluminum oxide, and other metal oxides. It is typically a deep forest green in color, however, some specimens can be a pale green, and others, especially from Moravia, are a greenish brown. In rare cases, a few gem grade stones can be found being slightly darker than emerald. It is tektite, amorphous in structure, and has a hardness of 5.5 to 6. Moldavite was formed during an asteroid impact ...
