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Tektites
A small, round, dark glassy object, composed of silicates, formed by the rapid cooling of meteorite fragments that hit the Earth.
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A small, round, dark glassy object, composed of silicates, formed by the rapid cooling of meteorite fragments that hit the Earth.
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| australasiannoun | A native or inhabitant of Australasia. |
| meteoritesnoun | the twelfth studio album by British band Echo & the Bunnymen. |
| tephritenoun | (geology) An igneous rock consisting essentially of plagioclase and either leucite or nephelite, or both. |
| meteoritenoun | A metallic or stony object or body that is the remains of a meteoroid. |
| tephroitenoun | (mineralogy) An orthorhombic-dipyramidal mineral containing manganese, oxygen, and silicon. |
| gemstonesnoun | the third solo album by American musician Adam Green. |
| crystalsnoun | an album by Sam Rivers released by Impulse! |
| ferritesnoun | The interstitial solid solution of carbon in body-centered cubic iron. |
| aleuritesnoun | a small genus of arborescent flowering plants in the Euphorbiaceae, first described as a genus in 1776.Forster, Johann Reinhold & Forster, Johann Georg Adam. 1775. |
| geodesnoun | (geology) A nodule of stone having a cavity lined with mineral or crystal matter on the inside wall. |
| tetrahedritenoun | (mineralogy) A complex ore of copper, a mixed sulfide of copper, iron, zinc, silver and antimony. |
| topazesnoun | — |
| crystallitesnoun | A small region of a solid that consists of a single crystal; a grain. |
| chondritenoun | A meteorite consisting of rock containing chondrules. |
| pyritenoun | (mineralogy) The common mineral iron disulfide (FeS₂), of a pale brass-yellow color and brilliant metallic luster, crystallizing in the isometric system. |
| agatesnoun | (countable, uncountable, mineralogy) A semitransparent, uncrystallized silicate mineral and semiprecious stone, presenting various tints in the same specimen, with colors delicately arranged and often curved in parallel alternating dark and light stripes or bands, or blended in clouds; various authorities call it a variety of chalcedony, a variety of quartz, or a combination of the two. |
| tremolitenoun | (mineralogy) A pale grey/green amphibole mineral, a type of asbestos, that is a mixed calcium and magnesium silicate, with the chemical formula Ca₂Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂; sometimes used in place of common asbestos. |
| tourmalinenoun | A transparent gemstone cut from it. |
| pyritesnoun | any of various metallic-looking sulfides (of which pyrite is the commonest) |
| meteorsnoun | A fast-moving streak of light in the night sky caused by the entry of extraterrestrial matter into the earth's atmosphere; a shooting star or falling star. |
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