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Tektite

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A small, round, dark glassy object, composed of silicates, formed by the rapid cooling of molten ejecta from meteorite impacts.
  2. 2
    thought to derive from meteorites wordnet

Etymology

From Ancient Greek τηκτός (tēktós, “molten”), from τήκειν (tḗkein, “to melt”).

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