Indochinite Tektites (10-20 Grams) - Cambodia

About Indochinite Tektites

Indochinite tektites are some of the best known of the tektites. They are often found in teardrop, round, and cigar shapes throughout Southest Asia in Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam. Their composition is roughly 70-80% SiO2 in the form of igneous glass. They are thought to have originated from a large meteorite impact somewhere between 700k and 800k years ago.

Tektites are formed when a huge meteorite collides with the Earth with such force that it melts the rock and dust around the impact site as it throws that material into the air. Here they cool and harden as a kind of glass, preserving their splash-like, melted shape. Tektites are found in strewn fields, sometimes thousands of miles across.

Buyer Beware: Many of the "tektites" sold on the market are not actual tektites from meteorite impacts but rather volcanic glass or man-made glass shaped to resemble tektites. A good example of these are the Agni Manitite "tektites" said to originate from Indonesia or Bali that are actually obsidian formed by volcanic processes on planet Earth.