lybian desert glass artefacts

Lybian desert glass, 29 million years ago was probably formed when an asteroid or comet hit the surface of the earth like a huge atomic bomb

Lybian Desert glass is found between the towering dunes of the Eastern Great Sand Sea of Egypt where bedrock is exposed. Libyan Desert glassis the remaining evidence of a tremendous asteroid or comet impact with Earth.

According to today's scientific knowledge this in a pale yellow to green shining impact glass emerged from a collision of a meteorite with earth about 28,5 Mio years ago. In the glowing heat sand melted, splashed up in the air and spread over a 4000 square kilometers sized area in West Egypt. Like with sand, the essential constituent is silicium dioxide, a possible hint of iridium is a indicator for the extraterrestrial origin.

During the neolithic time, about 10000 years ago, men discovered this glass. It was used as a substitute for flintstone, one can find artefacts formed as sharp blades and graters.
The old Egyptians found a less pragmatic application for this special stone. Even in those times it was considered to be precious and so it become part of religious objects like Tutenkhamon's amulet, there as a carved scarab.

Lybian Glass is a natural glass composed of 98 % pure silica. Chemical analyses have shown that the glass is locally enriched in meteoritic elements.

Specimen yellow/green much nicer than the picture shows !!!

				Lybian-Artefact 01 Neolithic tool made of Libyan Desert glass SOLD
Lybian-Artefact 02 Neolithic tool made of Libyan Desert glass SOLD
				Lybian-Artefact 03 Neolithic tool made of Libyan Desert glass, blade
Lybian-Artefact 04 Neolithic tool made of Libyan Desert glass
				Lybian-Artefact 05 Neolithic tool made of Libyan Desert glass, microlith
Lybian-Artefact 06 Neolithic tool made of Libyan Desert glass, blade
				Lybian-Artefact 07 Neolithic tool made of Libyan Desert glass
Lybian-Artefact 08 Neolithic tool made of Libyan Desert glass
				Lybian-Artefact 09 Neolithic tool made of Libyan Desert glass, blade
Lybian-Artefact 10 Neolithic tool made of Libyan Desert glass, blade
				Lybian-Artefact 11 Neolithic tool made of Libyan Desert glass, thin blade
Lybian-Artefact 12 Neolithic tool made of Libyan Desert glass  SOLD
				Lybian-Artefact 13 Neolithic tool made of Libyan Desert glass SOLD
Lybian-Artefact 14 Neolithic tool made of Libyan Desert glass
				Lybian-Artefact 15 Neolithic tool made of Libyan Desert glass