Libyan Desert Glass (3)

Libyan Desert Glass Facts

While the cosmic (meteorite) origin of Libyan Desert Glass is widely accepted, its exact impact site has never been identified.

One compelling theory proposes that a meteorite struck a shallow sea at a high angle, generating immense jets of vaporized seawater that propelled molten sand and meteorite fragments across the desert.

These materials then fell back to Earth, forming multiple smaller craters rather than a single large one — many of which may have eroded over millions of years. The heat of the secondary impact melted the sand beneath and around it to form what is now Libyan Desert Glass.