Tektites are most prevalent near impact craters of meteorites. There are more than 150 known meteorite craters worldwide, with more being discovered each year. The meteorites that caused these craters weighed from 100 to thousands of tons, and impacted the Earth at an estimated speed of 47,000 miles per house. The resulting explosions, equivalent to many nuclear bombs, ejected molten matter into outer space at suprersonic speeds. As they cooled, these molten rocks (mostly glassy quartz) became aerodynamically shaped into teardrops, flattened spears and dumbbells with pits and striations. Gravity then pulled them back to Earth. Tektites are made of Earth material, but were actually formed in space! Picture is representative of the specimen you will receive. Each rock is unique and will vary in shape, size and appearance. No two rocks will be exactly alike.
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by Geoff O'Callaghan ISBN 97818446930256
Published: 2007
Pages: 140
Description
Tektite
Steven Marshal, and his little brother, Frankie, is in a loving family. Tragedy strikes, when a cycling accident renders Frankie brain injured and comatose. Graham Marshal, a geologist, gives Frankie a tektite - a small meteor found in Australian deserts. The tektite contains an alien life form, Tek, who is a magical plasmoid, able to take on any form. Tek flows into Frankie, and heals his wounds. Normally, Tek appears as a small boy, and he joins Steven and Frankie in their games and at school. Tek's existence is discovered by the press, and the family has to flee in order to protect Tek from a desperate public, and corporate criminals, anxious to get control of Tek and his healing powers. Tek, Steven, and Frankie flee to a huge meteorite crater in order to take Tek back to his family of plasmoids. One step ahead of the corporation, Tek uses his magic to fly the boys to the crater. There, the aliens manage to summon their mother ship and leave Earth. The boys, still magical, head for home.
About the Author
Geoff was born in Jersey, then under German occupation, during World War II. Soon after the war, his family moved to Brisbane, Australia. He was educated at All Souls' School, Charters Towers - a rather traditional boarding school after the English style. What knowledge one didn't learn through the ears was well and truly belted in through the rear end, complete with blood blisters. His first contact with the cane was for not running around a sports oval fast enough. He now prides himself on a complete disinterest on sports and knows nothing about cricket. This led to his creative and artistic sides developing. He had a way with words, and was a skilled debater.
After secondary school, he took to teaching, graduated, and then obtained a Post Graduate Diploma in Aboriginal Education. For the next thirty years, he lived with remote aborigines in the Great Western Desert, firstly as a primary school teacher, and later as a School Principal and Administrator. During this time, he took up writing, mostly short stories and film scripts. It was a good way to while away lonely hours in the desert evenings.
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The Driest Rocks On Earth Tektites, called glass rocks, are formed when meteorites from outer space crash into our home planet and, by Jupiter, no rock collection is complete without one! The driest of all rocks, tektites are black to olive-green, and average less than .005% water. These samples will be roughly 1/2" to 1-1/4", and you'll get (2) to (4) of them, depending upon their size.
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Features:
- Activates the Base or Root Chakra
- Tumbled Tektite
- Stones are .75 - 1 inch long
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Tektites from The Chrysalis Stone. Tektites are small meteorites that fell to earth. Some researchers believe they are what was ejected during a large asteroid collision with the earth. Others think it is debris from a large impact on the moon and that the material ejected from that impact was captured in the earth's gravity. The Debate continues on there exact origin. Either way they came from the sky.
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Exaltation Crocheted Silk Necklace w/ Tibetan Tektite, Amethyst ,DT Tibetan Quartz, Garnets, 
ortigas. Tektite. Out ko na from work..
I'm in another meeting na somewhere near tektite.
oh gosh, i dont have a driver. hmph. i wanted to pass for it before going to tektite. kwankwank..
