Bidspirit auction | STAR DUST FRAGMENT (SILICA GLASS).

STAR DUST FRAGMENT (SILICA GLASS). Rare glass fragment from the Libyan desert mounted on an ancient base. The controversial story that still questions the scientific community describes this material as a ”foreign body from planet Earth”. This would indicate that it is of meteoritic origin. A breastplate found in TUTANKAMON's tomb contains a scarab engraved in this desert glass. The story tells how happy the pharaoh was to see the impact of a meteorite in Egypt, considering it as a gift from the gods. As a result, he recovered the meteorite and all the fragments of its trail. 280 mm.