Libyan Desert Glass

Libyan Desert Glass

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This pure, silica-rich glass is famously recognised as being the stone Pharaoh Tutankhamen had laid on his royal breastplate. Carefully chiselled into the shape of a scarab beetle, this breastplate adornment shows the God Ra; the King of dieties and father of all creation. It is believed to have formed when a meteorite collided with the Earth’s atmosphere over 28 million years ago, generating a heat so great it melted the desert sand, creating this mysterious gemstone today. 

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