The terrestrial or extraterrestrial origin of tektites has been a subject of contro- versy for years.'These glassy objects have been found in localized areas of the earth having linear dimensions of the order of thousands of kilometers.About ten groups are distinguished on the basis of locality, chemical composition, and detailed physical properties.Each of these groups of objects has fairly constant chemical
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Harold C. Urey (1955) studied this question.