Handblown Glass Paperweight - Tektite #4.1.25 Jewelry eons before humans existed

eons before humans existed

5" high by 5" wide

known scientifically as tektite

"I began making Tektite glass (from the Greek tektos

The Sandwich Historical Society presents the 7th in its series of historical cup plates

Handblown Glass Paperweight - Tektite #4.1.25 Jewelry eons before humans existedHandmade in Shelborne, MA by Josh Simpson. Measures roughly 4. 25" in diameter x 3 high "I began making Tektite glass (from the Greek tektos, meaning "molten") years ago, when a friend did a spectrographic analysis of a type of meteorite composed of glass, known scientifically as tektite. Tektite meteor glass is a combination of silica and a melange of metallic oxides that are abundant in the universe. It's profoundly different from the smooth,