Tectite Lei Gong Mo - Height: 78 mm - Width: 75 mm - 190 g - (1)

Huge Lei Gong Mo tectite weighing 190 grams.
Magnificent specimen weighing 190 grams!
Impressive typical round shape due to its size and quality. Disc shape (78x75x19mm), with a concave bottom face and a flat top. Perfect UFO shape...
Perfect specimen, complete without the slightest flaw.
Rough and honeycomb-like surface, marked by well-defined gas bubble imprints across the entire face of this magnificent tectite. A rare specimen in this size and quality, compare...

The Lei Gong Mo tektites are glassy, amorphous stones. They formed when a massive meteorite struck the Earth a little over 720,000 years ago, melting rocks that, ejected at very high altitude into the atmosphere, cooled and solidified quickly into glass upon falling back to the surface. These Lei Gong Mo specimens, mainly originating from the Leizhou Peninsula and Hainan Island in China, are distinguished by their black color, shape, and especially their unique chemical composition, which makes them cousins of the Australian tektites.
Tectites: Today, scientists agree that these objects, whose name derives from the Greek tektos ('melted'), form when an asteroid impacts the Earth. The extraordinary heat and pressure resulting from such a catastrophic collision liquefy terrestrial rocks. Some of these fragments are projected into the upper atmosphere and fall back to Earth as solidified glass. Tectites are named after their places of discovery: australites, indochinites, philippinites, moldavites, Libyan desert glass, etc.
The shape of a tektite is determined aerodynamically and results from the altitude at which the molten material is projected into the sky, the subsequent ablation, its degree of orientation (when it reverses during cooling and plunges toward the Earth), and its rotation speed as it enters the atmosphere.
Like meteorites, no two tectites are identical, and their characteristics vary considerably.

This Lei Gong Mo is magnificent but extremely rare and sought after in this large size.

Superb specimen of 190g (78x75x19mm).
With Certificate of Authenticity

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