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'''Georgiaite''' is a form or type of [[tektite]]. They are found in part of the 34-million-year-old North American strewnfield coming from the [[Chesapeake Bay impact crater]]. Two strewnfields and tektite groups are associated with this impact: the black [[Bediasite]]s in Texas and the green Georgiaites in Georgia. |
'''Georgiaite''' is a form or type of [[tektite]]. They are found in part of the 34-million-year-old North American strewnfield coming from the [[Chesapeake Bay impact crater]]. Two strewnfields and tektite groups are associated with this impact: the black [[Bediasite]]s in Texas and the green Georgiaites in Georgia. |
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Georgiaites occur in east-central Georgia, with approximately 1000 specimens found to date. They are splash-form tektites. |
Georgiaites occur in east-central Georgia, with approximately 1000 specimens found to date. They are splash-form tektites.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://m.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/science-medicine/georgiaites#main-content|title=Georgiaites|website=New Georgia Encyclopedia|access-date=2017-08-22}}</ref> |
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Georgiaite is a form or type of tektite. They are found in part of the 34-million-year-old North American strewnfield coming from the Chesapeake Bay impact crater. Two strewnfields and tektite groups are associated with this impact: the black Bediasites in Texas and the green Georgiaites in Georgia.
Georgiaites occur in east-central Georgia, with approximately 1000 specimens found to date. They are splash-form tektites.[1]
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- ^ "Georgiaites". New Georgia Encyclopedia. Retrieved 2017-08-22.