{"title":"Darwin Glass","description":"\u003cp\u003eDarwin Glass is a natural impact glass from western Tasmania, Australia, found mainly south of Queenstown around the Mount Darwin and Darwin Crater area. It formed around 816,000 years ago during a meteorite impact that melted local rocks and produced siliceous glass across a strewn field of more than 400 square kilometers. Although sometimes loosely compared with Tektites, Darwin Glass is more accurately described as an impact glass or Impactite, closely associated with its source crater rather than a widely dispersed distal strewn field.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDarwin Glass varies in colour from pale green and olive green through to dark green, black, and occasionally lighter tones. Specimens can occur as twisted masses, irregular fragments, splash forms, or glassy chunks, often with bubbles, flow textures, ropy surfaces, and vesicles formed during rapid melting and cooling. Its composition reflects melted local sandstones, siltstones, and related rocks, with some darker glass showing chemical evidence that may include a meteoritic contribution.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eStudying Darwin Glass provides valuable insight into impact melting, crater-associated glass formation, and the preservation of natural glass in wet, acidic environments. It also has archaeological significance, as Darwin Glass was used by Aboriginal Tasmanians for toolmaking and trade. For collectors, it offers a distinctive Australian impact glass with strong geological context, varied colour, and a direct link to one of Tasmania’s most important impact structures.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0757\/0518\/8678\/collections\/Collection_Place_Holder_00efba0f-ff30-47aa-b6b7-499e6f9e0faa.jpg?v=1780565791","url":"https:\/\/outerspacer.com\/collections\/darwin-glass.oembed","provider":"OuterSpacer Meteorites","version":"1.0","type":"link"}