Shatter cones in dolostone from the Crooked Creek impact structure (Missouri, USA).

Shatter cones from the Rochechouart impact structure (France); subvolcanic dike.



Shatter cone from the Rochechouart impact structure (France); single-cone fragment, gneiss.

 

Shatter cone from the Rochechouart impact structure (France); granite.


Shatter cones from the Rochechouart impact structure (France); granite. Note the small cones riding on each other.

Shatter cones degenerated into shatter cleavage. Paragneiss, Rochechouart impact structure (France).

Shatter cone from the Siljan impact structure (Sweden); quartzite.

Shatter cone from the Ries impact structure (Germany); granitoid rock from the Bunte breccia ejecta.

 

Shatter cone from the Ries impact structure (Germany); hornblende kersantite, inner ring.

Shatter cone from the Sudbury impact structure (Canada); arenite.

Shatter cones from the Vredefort impact structure (South Africa); arenite.

Shatter cone from the Vredefort impact structure (South Africa); quartzite.

Shatter cone from the Steinheim impact structure (Germany); Jurassic limestone. Note the fossil as the starting point of the shatter-cone fracture.

Shatter cone from the Steinheim impact structure (Germany); Jurassic marlstone.

Shatter cones from the Steinheim impact structure (Germany); Jurassic limestone. Note the negative cone fracture terminating at the positive cone - or vice versa.


Shatter cone from the Karrikoselkä impact structure (Finland); granite.

Shatter cone from the Saarijärvi impact structure (Finland); granite.