Atacama desert glass
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Atacama desert glass is an impactite found in the Atacama Desert in Chile. The event was approximately 12,000 years ago; traces of chondrites suggest a cometary impact.
Widespread glasses were generated by cometary fireballs during the late Pleistocene in the Atacama Desert, Chile.
See also
[edit]- Libyan desert glass – Desert glass found in Libya and Egypt
- Trinitite – Glassy mineral left in the dirt after the plutonium-based Trinity bomb test
References
[edit]- Peter H. Schultz, R. Scott Harris, Sebastián Perroud, Nicolas Blanco, Andrew J. Tomlinson; Geology 2021; doi: https://doi.org/10.1130/G49426.1
- https://pubs.geoscienceworld.org/gsa/geology/article/doi/10.1130/G49426.1/609354/Widespread-glasses-generated-by-cometary-fireballs
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