Tektite

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Tektite

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Small glassy bodies containing no crystals, composed of at least 65 percent silicon dioxide, bearing no relation to the geological formations in which they occur, and believed to be of extraterrestrial origin. Tektites are found in certain large areas called strewn fields. They are named, as are minerals, with the suffix ite , as australite , found in Australia, billitonite, indochinite , and rizalite , found in Southeast Asia, bediasite from Texas, and moldavite from Bohemia and Moravia. </dd>

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This article is based on NASA's Dictionary of Technical Terms for Aerospace Use