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Tektites

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TitleTektites and associated notesAlternative TitlePhysics Museum Collection Unique IDUA-00003057Alternate IDH.PM.2006.405FormatSpecimensDescription

More than a dozen tektites, displayed in cabinet with two handwritten notes, in the Physics Museum, with Kerr Grant related material.

Tektites are now believed to be molten splashes of the earth's crust, melted when a hot meteor crashes to earth. JMT 2011.

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MediumMetal

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CollectionPhysics Museum CollectionOrganisationDepartment of Physics

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