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Glasses

On terrestrial planets, glasses are formed when magmas cool quickly from a liquid state, or when lightning strikes or meteor impacts melt the rocks where they hit.

The photo to the left is representative of this mineral group; however, it is not the same sample on which spectra listed below were measured.

Glass, S62.5R
Glass, S6256R
Glass, S650.5R
Glass, S66.5R
Righter glass #2
Righter glass #3
Righter glass M49-4
Righter glass M4A-1
Righter glass M4A-4
Starke Florida A Fulgurite Glass
Eygpt Glass
Reduced Glass IBRGL4
Almandine Glass JBALMG
Glass IOGLAS
Glass IRGLAS
Glass IBG650
Fayalite Glass DCOL
Glass, THSHRD
Glass, THSLAC

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