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from Maoming City, Guang Dong, Province, China generally show more unusual shapes
with much deeper pitting and furrowing than other tektites. Since no one has ever
seen a tektite being made their true origin is not yet known it is believed that they
were formed approximately 15 million years ago when a huge meteorite collided with the
earth with such force that melted rock and meteoritic fragments are thrown at high speeds
into the upper atmosphere. Here they cool and harden, preserving their splashed, melted
shape, later they rained down on China. Tektites are found in areas that often our
thousands of miles apart.
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