Libyan Desert Glass - 11 Grams Crystallized howlite is extremely rare

Crystallized howlite is extremely rare but has been found in parts of California

Many people are familiar with the beauty of its purple hues

in addition to the cloudiness of it

light reflecting off the many faces just make this specimen pop

likely to cover up missing material

Libyan Desert Glass - 11 Grams Crystallized howlite is extremely rareLibyan Desert Glass (LDG), is a tektite found in the Sahara deserts of Western Egypt, near the Libyan border. No one is positive about how this tektite has formed. Some research suggests the impact of a meteorite may have caused it. The heat and pressure from this impact would have melted the silica through radiation, similar to the thermal radiation present in a nuclear explosion. Another theory is the bursting of an asteroid as it passes through