Impact Melt Rock | Polsingen Quarry | 11 grams | Ries Crater Germany | SO24
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This is a must have 11-gram Impact Melt Rock from the Polingen Quarry site of the famous Ries crater Germany. Although not a meteorite, impactites are directly linked to them and their impacts and are probably going to be one of the rarest collection items you'll ever own. Impactite is a slag-like glassy object found on the surface of the earth, formed from rock melted by the impact of a meteorite.
The term impactite encompasses shock-metamorphosed target rocks, melts or suevites and mixtures of the two, as well as sedimentary rocks with significant impact-derived components and shocked mineral grains, tektites, anomalous geochemical signatures, etc. This impactite was formed 14.5 million years ago in Malmian or Jurassic limestone when a meteorite crashed into the earth making a ~10 miles wide crater named the Ries crater in Germany.
This gorgeous part end cut displays very well, it is amazingly light considering its mass of 36x31x19 mm. Would be a beautiful addition to any new or existing collection. Comes with a Canagem Collection specimen card.
Impact Melt Rock | Polsingen Quarry | 11 grams | Ries Crater Germany | SO24
This is a must have 11-gram Impact Melt Rock from the Polingen Quarry site of the famous Ries crater Germany. Although not a meteorite, impactites are directly linked to them and their impacts and are probably going to be one of the rarest collection items you'll ever own. Impactite is a slag-like glassy object found on the surface of the earth, formed from rock melted by the impact of a meteorite.
The term impactite encompasses shock-metamorphosed target rocks, melts or suevites and mixtures of the two, as well as sedimentary rocks with significant impact-derived components and shocked mineral grains, tektites, anomalous geochemical signatures, etc. This impactite was formed 14.5 million years ago in Malmian or Jurassic limestone when a meteorite crashed into the earth making a ~10 miles wide crater named the Ries crater in Germany.
This gorgeous part end cut displays very well, it is amazingly light considering its mass of 36x31x19 mm. Would be a beautiful addition to any new or existing collection. Comes with a Canagem Collection specimen card.
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