Darwin glass
Meteorite, tektite, or impactite
Also called Queenstownite
About it
Frothy, twisted impact glass from Darwin Crater in western Tasmania, about 800,000 years old; pieces are green, black, or white and full of bubbles. Collected from peat and soil in remote country.
- Type
- Meteorite, tektite, or impactite (impactite)
- Group
- Impact glass
- Lustre
- vitreous (glassy)
- Colours
- green, black, white, grey
- Transparency
- translucent, opaque
- Cleavage and fracture
- none; conchoidal fracture
Typical values: real specimens vary. For more, see mindat.org.