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PAPUANITES: PSEUDO‐TEKTITES FROM NEW GUINEA
Author(s) -
Visker Derk A.,
Ehmann W.D.,
Young R.C.
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
meteoritics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1945-5100
pISSN - 0026-1114
DOI - 10.1111/j.1945-5100.1980.tb00522.x
Subject(s) - new guinea , geology , astrobiology , meteorite , mineralogy , geochemistry , physics , history , ethnology
Spherical translucent green glasses found in New Guinea for many years have the external appearance of stream abraded tektites, but are chemically distinct from known tektite groups. Their chemical composition is most similar to artificial glasses. If these objects are the source of reports of tektites occurring in New Guinea, the existence of New Guinea tektites must now be discounted.