Perkins impact, Louisiana

or Fitzenreiter impact, according to father and son Leo and Robert Fitzenreiter, who, as early as the 1930s and at the beginning of the new millennium, suggested an impact origin of some very unusual finds and features on their properties, which has now finally been proven.

Glass spherules from the crater field.

Digital Terrain Model.

SEM-EDS image, spectrum and elements (green point marker) of a black carbonaceous melt glass breccia. Note the practically pure 50:50% C-O solid composition, a so far unknown natural compound.

The same as before (green marker) for a breccia particle with a roughly 2:1 C-O solid compound.