Australite Tektite Chips — Western Australia (2 g)

A small parcel of natural Australian tektite chips, offered as a genuine piece of impact history.

The supplied collector’s note identifies these as Australites (Australian tektites), “chips only,” self-collected in 1980 north-west of the Nullarbor Plains, Western Australia. The note also refers to an impact event approximately 700,000 years ago; modern references broadly place Australites within the Australasian tektite event at roughly 610,000–800,000 years old.

Tektites are natural silica-rich glass formed when a large meteorite or asteroid impact melts terrestrial rock and ejects the molten material high into the atmosphere. As that melt cools and falls back to Earth, it forms distinctive impact glass. Australites are the Australian members of the wider Australasian tektite strewn field.

This parcel contains irregular, unpolished chips with charcoal-grey to black surfaces, metallic-looking highlights and natural impact textures. These are rough fragments rather than rare button-shaped collector specimens.

SPECIMEN DETAILS
Material: Australite (Australian tektite / natural impact glass)
Locality recorded on supplied note: north-west of the Nullarbor Plains, Western Australia
Collection history: self-collected in 1980, as recorded on the supplied note
Weight: 2 g total
Form: rough chips only
This is the exact parcel shown in the photographs
One of a kind — only one parcel available

Please note: this is natural impact glass, not a meteorite, fossil or manufactured glass.

CARE
Handle as natural glass. Avoid drops, ultrasonic cleaners, harsh chemicals and prolonged water exposure. Store securely in a padded specimen box.

The locality and collection history above are reproduced from the supplied collector’s note. No independent laboratory classification or provenance guarantee is being claimed.