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Libyan Desert Glass - "mysterious" origins

 
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Libyan Desert Glass - "mysterious" origins
On December 29, 1932 Patrick Clayton, a British explorer, discovered a mysterious yellow-green glass scattered across the surface in an area of western Egypt, at the edge of the Libyan Sand See, one of the most remote and inhospitable regions on earth. Ever since, Libyan Desert Glass has fascinated scientists, who puzzled over its formation.

[link to www.marmet-meteorites.com]

Libyan Desert Glass is a natural glass composed of nearly pure silica (98 wt %), the purest natural glass in the world. This purity gives the glass some remarkable properties. It can be heated up to 1700° C before it begins to melt, over 500°C higher than other natural glasses. It can be dropped into water when red hot and it will not disintegrate. The formation of this glass, because of its unusual composition has for long been considered as mysterious.

[link to www.marmet-meteorites.com]
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according to Sitchin, it was caused by nuclear detonations.
Sodom and Gamorah were also destroyed with nuclear weapons.
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...also intriguing is that there are no meteor crators anywhere near the vicinity...(the most common theory being the product of a massive meteroric imapct)
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500 degrees higher melting point that any other natural glass!
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Sodom and Gamorah were also destroyed with nuclear weapons.
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lol, now that's silly
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sands change in the desert... point one.
glass is heavier than sand particles... point two

crater is there you just cant see it anymore.
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sands change in the desert... point one.
glass is heavier than sand particles... point two

crater is there you just cant see it anymore.
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so, the crator is there, eh, buried way beneath the sand, and the glass, since it's "heavier" floated to the surface, ok, got it!
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sands change in the desert... point one.
glass is heavier than sand particles... point two

crater is there you just cant see it anymore.



so, the crator is there, eh, buried way beneath the sand, and the glass, since it's "heavier" floated to the surface, ok, got it!
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air blast of a comet
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sands change in the desert... point one.
glass is heavier than sand particles... point two

crater is there you just cant see it anymore.



so, the crator is there, eh, buried way beneath the sand, and the glass, since it's "heavier" floated to the surface, ok, got it!
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Yes, have to agree on that

my thoughts, the impactcrater is an hole in the ground, and filled up , topped of with sand in no time.

However the material/ molten sand droplets are shattered in an extrapolated line of impact .
While cooling of, flying around, they harden again and drop miles further on top of the soil/sand

Just my thoughts
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Re: Libyan Desert Glass - "mysterious" origins
On December 29, 1932 Patrick Clayton, a British explorer, discovered a mysterious yellow-green glass scattered across the surface in an area of western Egypt, at the edge of the Libyan Sand See, one of the most remote and inhospitable regions on earth. Ever since, Libyan Desert Glass has fascinated scientists, who puzzled over its formation.

[link to www.marmet-meteorites.com]

Libyan Desert Glass is a natural glass composed of nearly pure silica (98 wt %), the purest natural glass in the world. This purity gives the glass some remarkable properties. It can be heated up to 1700° C before it begins to melt, over 500°C higher than other natural glasses. It can be dropped into water when red hot and it will not disintegrate. The formation of this glass, because of its unusual composition has for long been considered as mysterious.

[link to www.marmet-meteorites.com]
 Quoting: Stevie


stevie... you were doing better. please don't start the glass in the sky/ i am god thing again... seriously.
if you were going a different direction with this, then ignore my post. your recent posts display a lot more peace than the previous ones... be well
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Re: Libyan Desert Glass - "mysterious" origins
Some WW2 pilots dropped their empty beer bottles. Bid deal...
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sands change in the desert... point one.
glass is heavier than sand particles... point two

crater is there you just cant see it anymore.



so, the crator is there, eh, buried way beneath the sand, and the glass, since it's "heavier" floated to the surface, ok, got it!


Yes, have to agree on that

my thoughts, the impactcrater is an hole in the ground, and filled up , topped of with sand in no time.

However the material/ molten sand droplets are shattered in an extrapolated line of impact .
While cooling of, flying around, they harden again and drop miles further on top of the soil/sand

Just my thoughts
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well, a more reasonable explanation is that a comet impacted some glass high above the ground and then it showered the ground, a soft impact so to speak.
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Some WW2 pilots dropped their empty beer bottles. Bid deal...
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1932?
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sands change in the desert... point one.
glass is heavier than sand particles... point two

crater is there you just cant see it anymore.



so, the crator is there, eh, buried way beneath the sand, and the glass, since it's "heavier" floated to the surface, ok, got it!


air blast of a comet
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shot through a window!
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Libyan Desert Glass is a natural glass composed of nearly pure silica (98 wt %), the purest natural glass in the world. This purity gives the glass some remarkable properties. It can be heated up to 1700° C before it begins to melt, over 500°C higher than other natural glasses. It can be dropped into water when red hot and it will not disintegrate. The formation of this glass, because of its unusual composition has for long been considered as mysterious.

[link to www.marmet-meteorites.com]


stevie... you were doing better. please don't start the glass in the sky/ i am god thing again... seriously.
if you were going a different direction with this, then ignore my post. your recent posts display a lot more peace than the previous ones... be well
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1700 degrees, that falls within the range that the frit-covered tiles on the space shuttle can withstand(1200° and 2300°)...hmm.
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Re: Libyan Desert Glass - "mysterious" origins
Some WW2 pilots dropped their empty beer bottles. Bid deal...


1932?
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maybe not...
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A result of ancient nuclear warfare. Period. End of story. Learn your history. Dig, and dig deep. It explains everything that is going on today.
Cheers, chug beers!!!!
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A result of ancient nuclear warfare. Period. End of story. Learn your history. Dig, and dig deep. It explains everything that is going on today.
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...that just happen to be laying nicely on the sand after "29 million years", lol now that's funny.
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not sure where you get the 29million years from stevie,
according to Sitchin, the last time the annunaki used nukes was about 4 thousand years ago.
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OP, I would like to know, who counted the years. 29 mil.?
wtf
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not sure where you get the 29million years from stevie,
according to Sitchin, the last time the annunaki used nukes was about 4 thousand years ago.
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that's how old they say the glass is, but I think you're right about the 4,000 years timeline, not to say I agree with you on the nukes, I like Mr. Predictor's comet version mixed with the idea of it hitting glass, like a bullet.
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If you have Google Earth check out these coordinates and you'll see a crater in the vicinity of where Libyan Desert Glass is found. This is just one of a few I've looked at within the range of LDG.

24' 34' 24. 15' N 24' 24' 38. 52' E
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glass up in the sky, that is
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If you have Google Earth check out these coordinates and you'll see a crater in the vicinity of where Libyan Desert Glass is found. This is just one of a few I've looked at within the range of LDG.

24' 34' 24. 15' N 24' 24' 38. 52' E
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well, ok, the glass fragments are arranged in an elliptical array, the crater you found is far enough away to suggest the comet landed there and the spray from the glass ceiling landed in the Libyan Desert, thus two signatures, not one.
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as in two separate impacts at different levels
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If this is the same glass, I saw a documentary about it suggesting the glass was formed as a result of a meteor impact. It makes sense to me when they demonstrated through computer modeling, how the ejecta from the impact landed in the desert. Finding the impact location was difficult because of the changing nature of the desert.

I'd provide a link for this but it was a while ago on the Discovery Channel. (That channel is like crack for me)
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If you have Google Earth check out these coordinates and you'll see a crater in the vicinity of where Libyan Desert Glass is found. This is just one of a few I've looked at within the range of LDG.

24' 34' 24. 15' N 24' 24' 38. 52' E



well, ok, the glass fragments are arranged in an elliptical array, the crater you found is far enough away to suggest the comet landed there and the spray from the glass ceiling landed in the Libyan Desert, thus two signatures, not one.
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We both know the glass ceiling upstairs is the liquid type, that won't fracture if something comes through ? will it ?

Have a look at the meteorite of 14.700.000 in germany, the mother of all moldavite tektites.
[link to articles.adsabs.harvard.edu]

page 1905 and 1905, just tossed away molten sand, cooled during the toss.

PS who's the window cleaner for heavenly glasswork, it's getting misty outside.
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keep in mind there is absolutely no trace of the LDG at ANY of the nearest imapct crators, the nearest one being 150 km to the west
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Here's another crater east of the Oasis Crater, the area between the two is where the LDG field is found.
24' 12 ' 28. 46' N 26' 23' 18. 66' E

The area is peppered with formations that appear to be meteoric.
I don't know how often Google Earth updates their images but I found these craters a couple of years ago. With the sands constantly shifting more craters may have appeared since.
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We both know the glass ceiling upstairs is the liquid type, that won't fracture if something comes through ? will it ?

Have a look at the meteorite of 14.700.000 in germany, the mother of all moldavite tektites.
[link to articles.adsabs.harvard.edu]

page 1905 and 1905, just tossed away molten sand, cooled during the toss.

PS who's the window cleaner for heavenly glasswork, it's getting misty outside.
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Well I think the glass ceiling upstairs is very much solid, the difference in tektites vs. LDG being the tektites were a composited result of the meteor/comet mixing/fusing with the glass as it skidded across the sky, hence a lesser silica content than LDG, and the LDG a result of a shattering.
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keep in mind there is absolutely no trace of the LDG at ANY of the nearest imapct crators, the nearest one being 150 km to the west
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Since this took place quite some time ago, I would imagine that nomads near the impact may have picked up the glass and as we all know that glass would have been valuable to the people as jewelry and tools.

I think Occam's Razor applies in this situation.
A stupid man's report of what a clever man says can never be accurate, because he unconsciously translates what he hears into something he can understand.
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