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The discovery focuses on rare natural glass called tektites, which form when a meteorite hits Earth with enough force to melt the surface and fling molten material vast distances.

From Science Daily • Oct. 16, 2025

Not only is zircon commonly found in tektites, but it is also a choice mineral for radiometric dating, thanks to some of its radioactive elemental components.

From Fox News • Aug. 16, 2019

Each is associated with a specific meteorite impact, although a crater corresponding to the Australasian tektites has not been identified—yet.

From Scientific American • Aug. 9, 2019

The fossil deposit also teems with tektites, tiny glass beads that are the telltale fallout of planetary-scale impacts.

From New York Times • Mar. 29, 2019

Shock metamorphism produces planar deformation features, tektites, shatter cones, and quartz polymorphs.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2017