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What Caused Brazil's Tektite Field?

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A distant collision left glass across Brazil Scientists have identified a field of tektites — glassy, rounded fragments formed by rock melting during hypervelocity impacts — scattered across parts of Brazil and dated to about 6.3 million years ago. These glass pieces are the geological…
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What caused Brazil's tektite field?

A distant collision left glass across Brazil Scientists have identified a field of tektites — glassy, rounded fragments formed by rock melting during hypervelocity impacts — scattered across parts of Brazil and dated to about 6.3 million years ago. These glass pieces are the geological…

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geoscienceworld.org broke the news in on Tuesday, March 3, 2026.
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