Tektites (IMAGE)

University of California - Berkeley

Tektites

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Tektites, 1 millimeter spheres of glass, recovered from the Tanis fossil bed. They were produced by the Chicxulub impact and fell within an hour of the impact.

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Photo courtesy of Robert DePalma

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