Sudbury Impact Breccia

SUD327

The Worlds 3rd Largest Crater

Sudbury breccia specimen is a thick slice of a sulfide ore produced at Sudbury Basin by meteorite impact.

122 x 80 x 8 mm

327 g slice

PPG: $0.61

$200.00

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Sudbury

Location:
  • Canada
    • Ontario
Group:
  • Impactite
Type:
  • Impact Breccia
Total known weight: Unknown

Age: 1850 ± 3 million years ago
A 250 km crater recognized as an astrobleme in 1964. It is no coincidence some of the worlds largest nickel deposits occur in the location.The target rock is crystalline.