Chinese
Name: 印尼隕石、印尼烈火石、玻隕石、黑隕石、黑色玻隕石、玻隕石玻璃、神聖之火的珍珠
English Name: Agni Manitite Tektite, Indonesian Tektite, Pearl of Fire
Chemical Composition:SiO2
Hardness:5.5
SG:2.34–2.51
RI:1.48 - 1.51
Related Chakra:All chakras, especially
to root chakra and sacral
Colour:Dark Gray to almost black, under transmitted light, show translucent brown to grey
About Agni Manitite:Agni Manitite, also known as the "Pearl of Fire", is an extremely rare tektite found in the island of Java in Indonesia. The color ranges from dark gray to almost black, but when illuminated we find that the color is rather smoky, gray. its name is derived from the ancient Sanskrit expression "agni mani", which means "pearl of divine fire".
Remarks:Possibly fromed from
condensed rock vapors after being hit by a meteorite. Scarred
surfaces.
Tektites are formed naturally as a glass and contains much less water in their compositon than other glass.
Tektites are extremely dry glasses
It also melts at a far higher temperature. (~ 950°C - 1500°C).
Melting point of moldavites (tektites) was found to be ~ 1400°C
Melting point of Libyan Desert Glass (tektites) was found to be ~ 1700°C
According to the analysis, the viscosity of tektites was higher than that of ordinary glass in spite of identical SiO2 content. Tektites, as compared with ordinary glasses, has lower alkali content and higher content of alumina (aluminum oxide)
Appearances of tektites: sometimes as irregular blobs and angular fragments, but often they are clearly a splash form of one type or another. These splash forms include, spheres, discs, rods, teardrops dumbbells, and varieties of these with bending and slumping.
Established strewnfields of Tektites on the Earth. |
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Location Found |
Species |
Colour |
Age |
Year Found |
View Product |
1. |
Europe |
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Czech Republic (near the Vltava River) |
Moldavite |
Green |
15 million years |
1878 |
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2. |
The Australasian |
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0.77–0.78 million years |
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Tasmania |
Darwin Glass |
Light to Dark Green to black |
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1912 |
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South Australia |
Australites
Edeowie Glass |
Dark brown to Black |
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1915 |
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South East Asia |
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Indonesia |
Indochinites |
Dark Grey to Black |
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South China
Thailand,
Cambodia,
Philippines,
Vietnam,
Laos |
Indochinites |
Dark brown to Black |
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1787 |
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3. |
Libya (Egypt) |
Libyan Desert Glass |
Light Yellow to Green |
over 28 million years |
1932 |
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4. |
North American |
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34 million years |
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Texas, New Jersey, The Gulf of Mexico, the Caribbean |
Bediasites |
Black to dark brown, some with metallic finish |
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1936 |
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Georgia |
Georgiaites |
Green |
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1938 |
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5. |
East Africa: Ivory Coast
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Ivory Coast Tektites |
Black |
1 million years |
1934 |
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