Tektites at NPL
Here are a few examples from our collections.
 Tektite Type: australite. Strewnfield: Australasian. Location: Simpson Desert, North Australia. Description: black, lightly pitted lens-shaped and elongate with rolled flanges. Mass (grams): 2.74. Specimen number: 13TM1. |
 Alternate views of australite at left. Specimen number: 13TM1. |
 Tektite Type: indochinite. Strewnfield: Australasian. Location: Thailand. Description: black and olive gray translucent, deeply pitted and of very irregular shape. Mass (grams): 1.97. Specimen number: 16TM144. |
 Compare indochinite (16TM144) specimen in transmitted and reflected light. |
 Tektite Type: philippinite. Strewnfield: Australasian. Location: Luzon, Philippines. Description: elongate ropy and deeply channelled translucent brownish-green glass. Mass (grams): 9.01. Specimen number: 35TM1. |
 Alternate view of philippinite (35TM1) at left. |
 Tektite Type: indochinte. Strewnfield: Australasian. Location: Thailand. Description: black and olive gray translucent, deeply pitted and of very irregular shape. Mass (grams): 4.7. Specimen number: 16TM51. |
 Tektite Type: moldavite. Strewnfield: Czechoslovakian. Location: Habri, Czech Republic. Description: translucent, light "apple" green, deeply pitted and channeled, of irregular shape. Mass (grams): 4.43. Specimen number: 18TM1. |
 Tektite Type: moldavite. Strewnfield: Czechoslovakian. Location: Locenice, Czech Republic. Description: translucent, light "apple" green, deeply pitted and channeled, of irregular elongate shape. Mass (grams): 6.69. Specimen number: 19TM1. |
 Tektite Type: bediasite. Strewnfield: North American. Location: Texas, USA. Specimen number: 21TM29. |
 Tektite Type: bediasite. Strewnfield: North American. Location: Grimes, Texas, USA. Description: black, deeply pitted and channelled, irregular shapes. Specimen numbers: 7TM37-42. |