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Definition of Tektite
1. Noun. Thought to derive from meteorites.
Definition of Tektite
1. Noun. A small, round, dark glassy object, composed of silicates, formed by the rapid cooling of meteorite fragments that hit the Earth. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Tektite
1. a glassy body believed to be of meteoritic origin [n -S] : TEKTITIC [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tektite
Literary usage of Tektite
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Handbook and Descriptive Catalogue of the Collections of Gems and Precious by George Perkins Merrill, Margaret W. Moodey, Edgar Theodore Wherry (1922)
"... MOLDAVITE: tektite. Synonyms and varietal names. — Local names dependent upon
sources ... Suess proposes the general name tektite for the entire group. ..."
2. International Catalogue of Scientific Literature by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1906)
"Ueber tektite von beobachtetem Fall. Wien, Anz Ak. Wiss., 41, 1904, (41-44).
Cohén, E. Verzeichnis der Meteorite in der Greifswalder Sammlung am 1. ..."
3. Geologisches Zentralblatt (1904)
"363. Einige neue Berichte über Meteoriten. 364. Miller. - - Additional facts
concerning the Bath Furnace meteoric fall of 488. Brezina. — Über tektite von ..."
4. Abstracts of the Eighth International Conference on Geochronology by Marvin A. Lanphere, G. Brent Dalrymple, Brent D. Turrin (1994)
"Some black glass tektites contain schlieren with high P content, derived from
Ca-phosphate grains partially absorbed in the otherwise homogeneous tektite ..."
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