Ordered by age.
- Bediasites
- Georgiaites
- Urengoy tektites
- Moldavites
- Ivorites and microivorites
- Irghizite and microirghizites
- Australites
- Indomalaysianite, Malaysianite
- Indomalaysianite, Malaysianite
- Billitonite
- Philippinite
- Indochinite
- Thailandite
Bediasite
Color: Black non-transparent (brown shine through thin plate).
Deposit: North America – about then Texas Counties in an area of over 7,000 square miles (18,000 km2).
| 1st discovery / description | Age [million years] | Total amount by then origin [metric ton] |
The Haviest [gram] |
Specimens found to date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1936 / 1940 | 35 | 1010 | 200 |
Georgiaite
Color: Generally translucent and olive-green in color
Deposit: East-central Georgia (24 Confirmed Counties), two South Carolina counties
| 1st discovery / description | Age [million years] | Total amount by then origin [metric ton] |
The Havviest [gram] |
Specimens found to date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1938 / 1959 | 35 | 130 | 2500 |
Urengoy tektites
Color: Translucent bottle green, pale green
Deposit:Novyj Urengoj (West Siberia – Russia)
| 1st discovery / description | Age [million years] | Total amount by then origin [metric ton] |
The biggest [gram] |
Specimens found to date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | 24 | 19.35 | 3 |
Moldavite
Color: Translucent. Green
Deposit: Czech Republic, (Germany, Austria)
| 1st discovery / description | Age [million years] | Total amount by then origin [metric ton] |
The biggest [gram] |
Specimens found to date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1609 / 1786 | 14.7 | 3000 | 265.5 | 300k |
Ivorite a microivorite
Color: Black non-transparent (brown shine through thin plate), shiny
Deposit: Ivory Coast
| 1st discovery / description | Age [million years] | Total amount by then origin [metric ton] |
The biggest [gram] |
Specimens found to date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1934 / 1935 | 1.1 | 107 | 79 | few hundred |
Irghizite and microirghizite
Color: Black non-transparent (brown shine through thin plate), shiny
Deposit: Kazakhstan, Zhamanshin meteor crater
| 1st discovery / description | Age [million years] | Total amount by then origin [metric ton] |
The biggest [gram] |
Specimens found to date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 0.81, 1.07, 1.09, 1.1 | units of tons | few hundred |
Australite
Color: Black, on edges yellowish-brown
Deposit: Australia
| 1st discovery / description | Age [million years] | Total amount by then origin [metric ton] |
The biggest [gram] |
Specimens found to date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1834 / 1844 | 0.83 | 437.53 | 40000 – 50000 |
Asia tetite field
Color: Black non-transparent (brown shine through thin plate)
Age: 0.69 million years
Indomalaysianite, Malaysianite (Malaysian tektite)
1st discovery / description: 1836 / 1844
Deposit: South point of Malaysian peninsula, island Bulguran and Borneo
The heavies: 464g
Billitonite (Indonesian Tektite)
1st discovery / description: 1879
Deposit: Billiton Island, between Sumatra and Borneo
Havies: 105.15g
Javanite (Indonesian Tektite)
1st discovery / description: 1898
Deposit: Java, Flores
Haviest: 750g
Philippinite
1st discovery / description: 1930
Deposit: Philippines – province Rizal
Heavies: 1,281.89g
Indochinite
1st discovery / description: 1932
Deposit: South China, Vietnam, Thailand, Laos
Heavies: Splashform – 850g (1,200g), Muong Nong-type – 24kg
Thailandite (Thailand tektite)
1st discovery / description: 1962
Deposit: Thailand
Heavies: Muong Nong-type – 29kg, Splashform – 456g
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