Is your Libyan Desert Glass fake? Here's what to look for
Honestly, the hardest part about collecting rare tektites is making sure you don't accidentally buy a Libyan Desert Glass fake from some random seller online. It's one of those things where the more popular it gets, the more people try to capitalize on it with cheap imitations. If you've been looking into this stuff, you already know it's gorgeous—that pale, ethereal yellow color is unlike almost anything else in the mineral kingdom. But because it literally looks like "yellow glass," it's incredibly easy for scammers to pass off common bottle glass or resin as the real deal. ...