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