Impact melt rocks


Impact melt rock, Mien (Sweden); polished section <13 cm>

Impact melt rock (granophyre), Vredefort (South Africa); polished section <12 cm>

Impact melt rock (kärnäite), Lappajärvi (Finland); polished section <10 cm>

Impact melt rock, Ries (Germany); polished section <13 cm>. - Formerly, this impact melt rock was considered a suevite (Polsingen "suevite").

Impact melt rock, Rochechouart (France); polished section <17 cm>. - This melt rock sample from Babaudus contains a large gneiss fragment.

Impact melt rock, Sääksjärvi (Finland); polished section <12 cm>


Impact melt rock (dellenite), Dellen (Sweden); polished section <8 cm>

Pseudotachylites


Pseudotachylite, Charlevoix (Canada); polished section <12 cm>

Pseudotachylite, Vredefort (South Africa); <19 cm>

Pseudotachylite, Siljan (Sweden); polished section <5 cm>