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Libyan Desert Glass set in Solid Sterling Silver

Libyan Desert Glass is found in areas in the eastern Sahara, in the deserts of eastern Libya and western Egypt.

Ideas about how the glass formed include melting during meteorite impact, or melting caused by an airburst from an asteroid or other object burning up high in Earth's atmosphere.

The glass is nearly pure silica which requires temperatures above 1,600 °C to form – hotter than any igneous rock on Earth. However, few mineral relics survived from whatever caused the melting, including a form of quartz called cristobalite, a rarely occurring high-temperature mineral; and grains of the mineral zircon, although most have reacted to form a higher-temperature mineral called zirconia.

Ring size: 7.5 (can not be resized)

Dimensions: 7/8” x 7/16” x 1/2” (22mm x 19mm x 13mm)
Band Width: 7/16” (11mm)
Weight: 29 grams

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