[meteorite-list] Strange yellow glass found in Libyan desert may have formed from lost meteor impact

Paul etchplain at att.net
Tue Feb 6 13:36:01 EST 2024


Libyan desert’s yellow glass: how we discovered the origin of
these rare and mysterious shards, Elizaveta Kovaleva Lecturer,
University of the Western Cape The Conversation, November 20, 2023
https://theconversation.com/libyan-deserts-yellow-glass-how-we-discovered-the-origin-of-these-rare-and-mysterious-shards-217565

Strange yellow glass found in Libyan desert may have
formed from lost meteor impact By Elizaveta Kovaleva
Live Science, December 03, 2023
https://www.livescience.com/planet-earth/geology/strange-yellow-glass-found-in-libyan-desert-may-have-formed-from-lost-meteor-impact

The paper is:

Kovaleva, E., Helmy, H., Belkacim, S., Schreiber, A., Wilke,
F.D. and Wirth, R., 2023. Libyan Desert Glass: New evidence
for an extremely high-pressure-temperature impact event from
nanostructural study. American Mineralogist, 108(10), pp.1906-1923.
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/370143218_Libyan_Desert_Glass_new_arguments_for_an_extremely_high-pressure-temperature_impact_event_from_nano-structural_study
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Elizaveta-Kovaleva-2/research

Yours,

Paul H.


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