¹P. Rochette,²N. S. Bezaeva,³P. Beck,⁴V. Debaille,⁵L. Folco,¹J. Gattacceca,⁶M. Gounelle,⁷M. Masotta
Meteoritics & Planetary Science (in Press) Link to Article [https://doi.org/10.1111/maps.13825]
¹Aix-Marseille Université, CNRS, IRD, INRAE, CEREGE, 13545 Aix-en-Provence, France
²Vernadsky Institute of Geochemistry and Analytical Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, 19, Kosygin Str., 119991 Moscow, Russia
³Université Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, IPAG, 38400 Grenoble, France
⁴Laboratoire G-Time, Université Libre de Bruxelles, 1050 Brussels, Belgium
⁵Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra, Università di Pisa, Pisa, Italy
⁶IMPMC, CNRS – UMR 7590, Sorbonne Université, Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle, 75005 Paris, France
⁷Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra, Università di Pisa, Pisa, Italy
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During the systematic magnetic susceptibility survey of the Paris Museum Australasian tektite collection, we identified three previously overlooked occurrences of volcanic glass that resembles tektites, based on anomalous magnetic properties, high water content, the presence of microcrystals, and anomalous chemical composition. These occurrences are from the Phu Yen province in south-central Vietnam (two rhyolitic glass fragments) and from the Philippines: one from northern Luzon Island (a basaltic rounded etched glass), one from Santa Mesa near Manilla (a dozen small rounded rhyolitic gravels). The two occurrences in the Philippines are quite similar to previously described volcanic glasses from the nearby Pagudpod and Nagcarlan localities, respectively. The rhyolitic glass specimens from the Phu Yen province are the first documentation of a geological occurrence of obsidian in Vietnam. This work is a warning note that glass samples with anomalous properties found among tektite collections may correspond to volcanic pseudotektites instead of real tektites with anomalous composition. The basaltic glass sample from the Philippines locally shows microcrystalline quench textures previously unknown in natural samples. These findings may also be of interest for archeologists involved in glass artifacts sourcing.