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Apparently, people are still finding big chunks of glass in the Sahara. I saw a pic off one old Arab or Berber guy holding one about the size of a rather large grapefruit. On a related note I wonder...

Gifts from the gods. It is hard for us modern folks to imagine such commonplace items as iron and clear glass being in the same class as gold and precious gemstones. You would probably know this....

Even though smelted iron was reasonably available at the time, albeit as a "luxury" item likely imported mostly from what is today Turkey, those iron meteorites still had some serious mojo in the...