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This beautiful, handcrafted pendant features a rare and authentic piece of Libyan desert glass, lovingly wrapped in rich coils and spirals of Sterling silver wire. This stone was not cut, so as to retain all it's natural features and properties. You can still see grains of sand, tiny air bubbles and small particles (meteorite?) suspended inside. The entire pendant is 46x24x11mm (1.8" x 0.9" x 0.4") and comes suspended on an 18"-long Sterling silver chain, which closes with a spring-ring clasp. The stone was set so that the wavy surface texture is readily visible. Since each piece of desert glass is unique, with distinct shape/color/texture, this pendant is one-of-a-kind so there won't ever be another like it!
The origins of Libyan desert glass remains hotly debated by the scientific community. However, the most predominant theory proposes a meteoritic origins (making this a tektite, or meteorite impactite). In other words, this glass was formed by the impact of a comet or meteorite. The heat from such an event would have flash-molten the desert sands,vaporizing quartz (the major constituent of sand) and meteoritic metals. Note the presence of tiny air bubble inclusions suspended within the stone, and wavy surface textures which are the result of rapid cooling. Libyan desert glass is similar in makeup and composition to trinitite, a glassy substance formed by the detonation of the plutonium-based nuclear bomb (Trinity) test on the desert floor in New Mexico. Libyan desert glass has been dated to an age of approximately 26 million years.
To learn more about Libyan Desert Glass, I highly recommend the BBC documentary, "Tutankhamun's Fireball": www.youtube.com/watch?v=NFPXRn…
You can actually see where this desert glass came from, starting at about 16:20 of the film:
Your pendant will arrive in a lovely gift box (shown image #5) and ship securely in a padded envelope with tracking direct from my studio to your chosen destination.
*Available for purchase on heatherjordanjewelry.com
The origins of Libyan desert glass remains hotly debated by the scientific community. However, the most predominant theory proposes a meteoritic origins (making this a tektite, or meteorite impactite). In other words, this glass was formed by the impact of a comet or meteorite. The heat from such an event would have flash-molten the desert sands,vaporizing quartz (the major constituent of sand) and meteoritic metals. Note the presence of tiny air bubble inclusions suspended within the stone, and wavy surface textures which are the result of rapid cooling. Libyan desert glass is similar in makeup and composition to trinitite, a glassy substance formed by the detonation of the plutonium-based nuclear bomb (Trinity) test on the desert floor in New Mexico. Libyan desert glass has been dated to an age of approximately 26 million years.
To learn more about Libyan Desert Glass, I highly recommend the BBC documentary, "Tutankhamun's Fireball": www.youtube.com/watch?v=NFPXRn…
You can actually see where this desert glass came from, starting at about 16:20 of the film:
Your pendant will arrive in a lovely gift box (shown image #5) and ship securely in a padded envelope with tracking direct from my studio to your chosen destination.
*Available for purchase on heatherjordanjewelry.com
Image size
1579x1561px 1.34 MB
Make
Canon
Model
Canon PowerShot ELPH 330 HS
Shutter Speed
1/159 second
Aperture
F/3.0
Focal Length
4 mm
ISO Speed
80
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