Impact Melt Rock | Polsingen Quarry | 54.75 grams | Ries Crater Germany | SO24
$54.75 CAD
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Estimated delivery between 15 January and 20 January.
This is a must have 54.75-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 slice displays very well and this special Polsingen suevite variety differed from all other suevites by its matrix which is a melt rock matrix as crystallized impact melt.
It is amazingly light considering its mass of 68x47x20 mm. Would be a beautiful addition to any new or existing collection. Comes with a Canagem Collection specimen card.
Impact Melt Rock | Polsingen Quarry | 54.75 grams | Ries Crater Germany | SO24
This is a must have 54.75-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 slice displays very well and this special Polsingen suevite variety differed from all other suevites by its matrix which is a melt rock matrix as crystallized impact melt.
It is amazingly light considering its mass of 68x47x20 mm. Would be a beautiful addition to any new or existing collection. Comes with a Canagem Collection specimen card.
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