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This colorful necklace features a gorgeous focal stone of raw Turquoise wrapped in fine wire... and more! "Wild Thing" includes deep red Mountain Jade, Turquoise, Quartz Crystal, Czech glass and genuine Tektites (see below), and closes with a golden Pewter toggle clasp. 16 1/2" long, excluding 2 1/2" pendant. Tektites (from the Greek "tektos," meaning "molten") are natural glass objects up to a few centimeters in size, which most scientists argue were formed by the impact of large meteorites on Earth's surface. Tektites are among the "driest" rocks, with an average water content of 0.005%. This is very unusual, as most if not all of the craters where tektites may have formed were underwater before impact. Also, partially melted zircons have been discovered inside a handful of tektites. This, along with the water content, suggests that the tektites were formed under phenomenal temperature and pressure not normally found on the surface of the Earth. Some scientists propose alternate theories, and claim that Tektites in fact did not originate on Earth, but instead are the product of volcanic activity on the Moon.
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