Unlike crystals, which form when molten liquid (like lava) cools, tektites are created when the impact from a meteorite fuses with minerals in the ground. Science aside, this little space-y rock ...

Researchers have discovered tiny, never-before-seen carbon crystals in meteorite dust left over from the explosion of the Chelyabinsk meteor in 2013. Skip to main content.

“Moldavite is actually a green tektite that was formed by a meteorite hitting Earth 14.7 million years ago in where is now southern Germany,” Mariah K. Lyons, a crystal expert and author of ...

Microtektites found in Caribbean may shed light on tektite origin — Science News, August 11, 1973. Though their origin remains a mystery to scientists, huge strewn fields of tektites have been ...

800,000 years ago, a huge meteorite hit Earth. Scientists may have just found where. The missing crater formed in a catastrophic collision that may have scattered debris from China to Antarctica.

Nor can tektites be meteorites that moved on orbits in the solar system, says Kohman. The fragments of single stony meteorites could not cover large areas of the earth’s surface, ...

Ancient zircon crystals shed light on 1 billion-year-old meteorite strike in Scotland Eta Aquarid meteor shower 2025 delights stargazers around the world with dramatic shooting stars (photos) ...

WITH reference to Dr. L. J. Spencer's letter in NATURE of October 7, p. 571, on the origin of tektites, the strongest argument against his suggestion that they were formed by the fusion of ...

The Richard F. West Meteorite Collection was unveiled on Friday at JMU and includes everything from primitive chondrites to rare tektites.

Collectibles A 275-Pound Crystal-Filled Meteorite and Other Rare Natural Artifacts Head to Auction. The themed sale at Heritage Auctions speaks to a growing collecting appetite for ancient treasures.

Rare diamonds found in meteorites called ureilites have a folded hexagonal structure. ... The crystals Salek and Tomkins found, however, are just about 2 percent of the size of a human hair.