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RECENTLY, Cherry, Taylor, and Sachs1 reported from an examination of australite data “that silica concentration is significantly negatively correlated with the concentrations of aluminium oxide, ferrous oxide, magnesium oxide, potassium monoxide, and calcium oxide”. Further, they suggest that tektite composition can be explained as the result of a mixing process between silica and some other material such as shale.
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COHEN, A. Trace Element Relationships and Terrestrial Origin of Tektites. Nature 188, 653–654 (1960). https://doi.org/10.1038/188653a0
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