REIS IMPACT BRECCIA

NRB19

Nördlinger Ries

A frothy meteorite crater rock. It is gray and white having gas vesicles. Displayed in a membrane frame box.

45 x 35 x 22 mm

19 g complete individual

PPG: $1.89

$36.00

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Ries Crater

Location:
  • Germany
Group:
  • Impactite
Type:
  • Impact Breccia
Class:
  • Suevite
Total known weight: Unknown

Age: ~14.5 million years.
A 24 km crater produced by an achondritic meteorite. Impact breccia remains in the form of Suevite.
A suevite breccia is a polymictic impact breccia with clastic matrix that contains dark melt clasts and the light, strongly shocked clast.