Collection of impactite sample

 

This is my latest inventory of my collection. I am reorganizing my collection, so there may be some changes in this collection list in future. 

Here you can find photos of my impact rock collection.

 

- Updated 4 Feb 2007 -

 

LOCATION, Country
ID Description weight gr
 
AOUELLOUL, Mauritania
AOUE-001 Aouelloul glass 4
ARANGUAINHA DOME, Brazil
ARAN-001 shocked and ironized sandstone (red) 22
AZUARA, Spain
AZUA-001 monomict breccia (red clasts with white matrix) 200
AZUA-002 red polymict breccia (red clasts in red matrix) 681
AZUA-003 red polymict breccia (red or yel. clast in red matrix) 174
AZUA-004 red/brown breccia 138
AZUA-005 light color breccia 101
AZUA-006 yellow polymict breccia (red/green clasts in yellow matrix.) 303
AZUA-007 yellow/black breccia 203
AZUA-008 Suevite Portillo variant (S from Fuendetodos) 772
AZUA-009 polymict breccia (Herrera de los Navarros) 311
AZUA-010 breccia (Almonacid de la Cuba) 468
AZUA-011 reddish suevite (Cucalón) 292
AZUA-012 greyish suevite (Cucalón) 355
AZUA-013 brownish suevite (Cucalón) 328
AZUA-014 suevite (Cucalón) 269
AZUA-015 red breccia dyke between white clasts 80
BARRINGER, The Meteorite Crater, Arizona, USA
BARR-001 coesite sample <1
BARR-002 impact glass bomb ~1
BARR-003 sandstone (shocked?) ~1
BARR-004 Canyon Diablo spherules (IAB) 6 pcs
BEAVERHEAD, USA
BEAV-001 melt matrix breccia 11
BEAV-002 shatter cone 471
BOXHOLE, Australia
BOXH-001 breccia? not an impactite? 45
BOXH-002 "fallback breccia?" not an impactite? 45
BOXH-003 Boxhole impactite 57.5
BRENT, Canada
BREN-001 breccia with gneiss clasts 411
cut slice 92
CHARLEVOIX, Canada
CHAR-001 melt matrix breccia 30
CHAR-002 shatter cone 575
CHICXULUB, Mexico
CHIC-001 K/T boundary material (Starkville North, USA) ~1
CHIC-002 K/T boundary material (Elengraben, Austria) 25
CHIC-003 K/T boundary material (Geulhemmerberg, the Neatherlands) 3
CHIC-004 K/T boundary material with K and T layer (Gubbio, Italy) 44
K/T material only (Gubbio, Italy) 25
CHIC-005 K/T ejecta blanket (Albion Island, Belize) ~1
CHIC-006 K/T clay from 'dead zone' (Santa Theresa, Belize) 6
CHIC-007 Pook's pebble (Pooks Hill, Cayon dist., Belize) 19
CHIC-008 K/T boundary material (Furlo, Italy) ~1
CHIC-009 K/T boundary material (Funte d'olio, Italy) 12
CHIC-010 probable K/T boundary material (Frontale, Italy) 11
CHIC-011 K/T boundary material (Agosti, Spain) 7.5
CHIC-012 K/T boundary material (marine)(Stevens Klint, Danmark) 10
profile sample (Stevens Klint, Danmark) 15.8
CROOKED CREEK, USA
CROO-001 breccia from central uplift 191
DARWIN, Australia
DARW-001 Darwin glass 4.7
2
2
(7 pieces) 10.4
DELLEN, Sweden
DELL-001 melt matrix breccia 175
DELL-002 crystalized dellenite (impact melt) 235
DELL-004 dellenite (impact melt) 535
DELL-005 suevite 293
235
DELL-006 crystalized dellenite 571
130
DELL-007 shatter cone (weathered) 441
DELL-008 suevite (yellow version) 268
DELL-009 melt matrix breccia 298
DELL-011 impact melt (weathered) 159
DELL-014 glassy melt veins 205
DELL-015 light gray melt 235
DELL-016 shatter cones in suevite clasts 238
14
EL'GYGYTGYN, Russia
ELGY-001 impact glass 1
FLYNN CREEK, USA
FLYN-001 shatter cone 13.8
FLYN-002 vesiculated breccia 120
GARDNOS, Norway
GARD-001 impact melt 200
GARD-002 suevite 230
GARD-003 monomict impact breccia 140
GARD-004 shatter cone 2720
GARD-006 suevite 323
GLOVER BLUFF, USA
GLOV-001 breccia 11
GLOV-002 shatter cone 216
GLOV-003 "chocolate" breccia 85
GOSSES BLUFF, Australia
GOSB-001 shatter cone 114
GOSB-002 light colored breccia 52
44
34
GOSB-003 redish breccia (suevite?) 66
46
HENBURY, Australia
HENB-001 offered as impact melt, but it is not impact related (manganite coating on rock) 50.2
24
HENB-002 Henbury impactite 5
4
HENB-003 "Grey Billy" -breccia, but is not impact related (older breccia than the impact) 153
HENB-004 slickenside 112
HOWELL, USA
HOWE-001 limestone breccia with possible shatter cone 110
HOWE-002 limestone breccia 41
JEPTHA KNOP, USA
JEPT-001 breccia from central uplift area 561
JÄNISJÄRVI, Russia
JÄNI-001 tagamite (impact melt) 287
KAALIJÄRV, Estonia
KAAL-001 fragmented dolomite with metal flake (crater 4) 29
KAAL-002 magnetic soil (crater 7) ~1
KAAL-003 fragmented dolomite (main crater) 10
5
KAAL-004 fragmented dolomite (crater 7) 50
KAAL-005 fragmented dolomite with metal flake 64
KAAL-007 burned white dolomite (crater 7) 27
KARA, Russia
KARA-001 tagamite 93
KARA-002 melt matrix breccia 76
KARA-003 suevite 168
KARA-004 impact glass vein 62
KARA-005 shatter cone 1530
113
KARA-006 suevite 614
264
KARIKKOSELKÄ, Finland
KARI-001 granite breccia with shocked quartz 52
KARI-002 granite breccia 77
34
KARI-003 shatter cone in granite (N-shore) 10100
KARI-004 shatter cone in granite (W-shore) 1040
KENTLAND, USA
KENT-001 shatter cone 932
KEURUSSELKÄ, Finland
KEUR-001 shatter cone 2020
712
525
KEUR-013 granite breccia with shocked quartz 142
KEUR-014 pseudotachylite? melt dike?  77
(cut) 32
KÖFELS, Austria
KÖFE-001 black köfelsite (melt) 82
KÖFE-002 dark köfelsite with white veins 224
110
64
KÖFE-003 white and vesiculous köfelsite glass 93
KÖFE-004 white köfelsite glass 75
55
KÖFE-005 greywhite köfelsite glass 43
34
LAPPAJÄRVI, Finland
LAPP-001 kärnäite (melt matrix breccia) 255
95
LAPP-002 vesiculated bluegrey (weathered) kärnäite from Kärnänsaari island 352
LAPP-003 kärnäite (erratic boulders found in distance, over 100km from Lappajärvi) 230
LAPP-004 kärnäite from outcrop (new quarry) 229
LAPP-005 shocked granite (Kärnänsaari) 83
LAPP-006 suevite (boulders from Hietakangas) 489
330
LAPP-008 kärnäite with shocked granite (new quarry) 517
LAPP-009 kärnäite from outcrop (old quarry) 208
LAPP-010 shocked granite (Hietakangas) 284
LAPP-011 shatter cone (Hietakangas) 238
155
LAPP-012 kärnäite, glossy variation (Hietakangas) 464
LAPP-013 brown suevite (Hietakangas) 551
LAPP-014 shocked granite with suevite veins (Hietakangas) ?
LAPP-015 weathered suevite (Hietakangas) ?
LAPP-016 suevite (Hietakangas) 169
LIBYAN DESERT, Egypt
LIBD-001 Libyan Desert Glass (LDG) 19.8
LOCKNE, Sweden
LOCK-001 Tandsbyn breccia 94
LOCK-002 Åsby dolerite (inc. fossils) 353
220
LOCK-003 Tandsbyn breccia 216
LOCK-004 slickenside (inc. fossils) 306
LOCK-005 Lockne breccia, solid (resurge breccia) 195
LOCK-006 Lockne breccia, redish (resurge breccia) 661
LOCK-007 Lockne breccia, grey (resurge breccia) 1445
LOCK-008 Lockne breccia (resurge breccia) 480
LOCK-009 Loftarsten (includes melt lapillis) 355
LOCK-010 Lockne breccia, grey (resurge breccia) 361
LONAR, India
LONA-001 basaltic impact melt 31
LUMPARN, Finland
LUMP-001 slickenside (not related to impact?) ?
MANICOUAGAN, Canada
MANI-001 impact melt breccia 35
MANI-002* impact melt breccia 55
MANI-003* red impact melt 83
MANI-004* suevite 90
MANSON, Iowa, USA
MANS-001 Ejecta from Crow Creek formation 11
MARQUEZ DOME, Texas, USA
MARQ-001 shatter cone 50
MIDDLESBORO, USA
MIDD-001 shocked / melted sandstone 85
MIDD-002 sandstone / ironstone breccia 116
MIDD-003 sandstone breccia 104
MIDD-004 brecciated coal 67
MIDD-005 shocked conglomerate with shatter cones 411
MIEN, Sweden
MIEN-001 impact melt 480
195
MIEN-002 shocked granite 640
MIEN-003 shocked gneiss with suevite 325
MIEN-004 suevite 201
MONTURAQUI, Chile
MONT-001 Monturaqui impactite 4
2
NEUGRUND, Estonia
NEUG-001 breccia 670
NEUG-002 granite breccia (Rannaküla) 29
NEUG-003 amphibolite breccia (Toomanina) 350
NEUG-004 amphibolite breccia (Spithami) 290
NEUG-005 begmatic breccia 495
NEUG-006 amphibolite breccia (Rannaküla) 115
NEUG-007 granite breccia (Spithami) 145
OASIS, Libya
OASI-001 shocked sandstone 3
ODESSA, USA
ODES-001 spherules (IAB iron) 8 pcs
ODES-002 breccia 85
PAASSELKÄ, Finland
PAAS-001 melt matrix breccia 682
PAAS-002 shocked granite (with shatter cones) 616
PAAS-003 shocked granite 304
PAAS-004 gneiss breccia with pseudotachylite vein? Not impactite? 152
PAAS-005 breccia 292
PAAS-006 suevite 263
PAAS-007 suevite 392
PAAS-008 breccia 141
PAAS-009 breccia 148
PAAS-010 breccia (rounded beach stone) 146
PAAS-011 breccia 449
PAAS-012 melt matrix breccia? 63
PAAS-013 melt matrix breccia? 410
PAAS-014 breccia 194
PAAS-015 suevite? 237
POPIGAI, Russia
POPI-001 breccia ~1.5
POPI-002 melt matrix breccia 24
~4
POPI-003 melt matrix breccia (imgimbritic) 43
POPI-004 melt matrix breccia (dark-light variety) 48
POPI-005 melt matrix breccia (clast rich) 19
RIES, Germany
RIES-001 glass bomb 51
38
RIES-002 suevite (unknown location) 48
RIES-003 red suevite (Polsingen) 170
119
105
RIES-004 shocked gneiss (Otting) 72
56
RIES-005 polymictic crystalined breccia 48
RIES-006 shatter cones in kersantite   320
RIES-007 shocked kersantine (wennenbergiitti) 101
RIES-008 grey melt bombs 186
162
95
85
RIES-009 moldavites (S. Bohemia, Czech Rep.) 18
6
3
a cut moldavite 2.3 ct
RIES-010 shocked gneiss (Unterwilflingen) 79
RIES-011 shocked granite (Unterwilflingen) 84
RIES-012 weathered suevite glass (montmorillonite) 126
RIES-013 Bunte breccia (Gundelsheim) 177
RIES-014 suevite (Seenbronn) 209
30
19
RIES-015 suevite (Aumühle) 357
170
44
RIES-016 brown suevite (Zipplingen) 54
RIES-017 greenish suevite (Altenburg) 101
RIES-018 shocked granite (Wennenberg) 164
RIES-019 impact melt (Polsingen) 130
97
RIES-020 Buunte breccia (Seelbronn) 475
RIES-021 "sandy" suevite (Amerdingen) 200
RIES-022 impact melt (red and green) 155
RIES-023 shatter cones in granite 325
RIES-024 suevite (Otting) 160
RIES-025 black melt bomb 44
44
25
RIES-026 melt bomb (Aumühle) 209
RIES-027 limestone breccia (Bobfingen) 123
RIES-028* shocked granite with ballen quartz 311
RIES-029* limestone ejecta (Brock horizon, Ziemetshausen) 318
ROCHECHOUART, France
ROCH-001 Chassenon breccia 285
263
180
112
ROCH-002 suevite 230
ROCH-003 red molten breccia (red suevite from Montoume) 245
ROCH-004 shatter cone (Fonceverane) 165
ROCH-005 redish impact melt 100
ROCH-006 impact melt 145
ROCH-007 shatter cones in volcanic vein (Babaudus) 672
ROCH-008 pseudotachylite 87
ROCH-009 Babaudus-breccia (melt rich) 82
ROCH-010 shatter cones (Babaudus) 120
ROCH-011 Rochechouart breccia (polymict) 240
66
ROCH-012 red suevite (Montoume) paler in color than ROCH-003 227
145
118
25
ROCH-013 light colored breccia (Chassenon) 112
ROCH-014 breccia (Babaudus) 110
ROCH-015 breccia with flow structures (Babaudus) 55.9
ROCH-016 breccia 36.9
ROCK ELM, USA
ROCK-001 breccia (congolomerat?) 95
RUBIELOS DE LA CÉRIDA, Spain
RUBI-001 shatter cones in sandstone 532
RUBI-002 burned (?) claystone 280
RUBI-003 crusted limestone from ejecta (Puerto Minguez) 227
RUBI-004 quartzite with fracturing and pock marks 230
RUBI-005 silicate glass from impact melt rock 40
RUBI-006 suevite 175
SAARIJÄRVI, Finland
SAAR-003 shatter cones in granite 1380
SAAR-004 shatter cones in amphibolite 6605
260
SAAR-006 silt- and sandstone breccia with shocked quartz 275
SAAR-007 shatter cones in amphibolite 1165
SAAR-008 shocked granite? 286
SAAR-009 shatter cones in granite 1665
SAAR-015 shatter cones in granite with epidote veins 1695
SAAR-017 sandstone / granite breccia? 69
SERPENT MOUND, USA
SERP-001 shatter cones in limestone with fossils 291
SERP-002 limestone breccia 59
SILJAN, Sweden
SILJ-001 shatter cones in granite 6205
SILJ-002 shatter cones in granite 86
SILJ-003 shatter cones in granite and amphibolite rock 469
SILJ-004 shatter cones in amphibolite rock 76
SILJ-006 melt matrix breccia 284
SILJ-007 limestone breccia 561
SILJ-008 quartzite breccia 515
SILJ-009 suevite (?) 92
SILJ-014 pseudotachylite 70
STEINHEIM, Germany
STEI-001 shatter cones in limestone 504
110
107
97
STEI-002 limestone breccia 171
127
62
limestone breccia with a small shatter cone 148
STEI-003* shocked chert nodule 279
SUDBURY, Canada
SUDB-001 metal rich breccia (not impact rock?) 102
5.5
SUDB-002 impact melt? ~1
SUDB-003 shatter cone 4850
268
SUDB-004 black Onapping breccia 85
SUDB-005 impact melt glass 32
SUVASVESI STRUCTURES (S/N), Finland
SUVA-001 breccia with shatter cones in clasts (Kaituransalo) 78
76
17
SUVA-002 suevite which glass partly recrystallized (Kaituransalo) 179
179
105
90
44
23
SUVASVESI SOUTH, Finland
SUVS-001 suevite (Lusikkaniemi) 63
SUVS-002 shatter cone in granite (Lusikkaniemi) >1000
SUVS-003 shatter cone in mica-gneiss (Lusikkaniemi) 125
107
SUVS-004 shatter cone in mica-gneiss / granite (Lusikkaniemi) 605
SUVS-005 shatter cones in mica-gneiss (in situ) 550
514
188
SUVS-006 polymict breccia (Lusikkaniemi) 318
SÄÄKSJÄRVI, Finland
SÄÄK-001 dark impact melt (Sääkskoski) 450
120
SÄÄK-002 grey impact melt (Sääkskoski) 180
SÄÄK-004 suevite (Sääkskoski) 800
630
210
SÄÄK-007 grey impact melt (Karhiniemi) 99
SÄÄK-008 suevite (Karhiniemi) 319
SÄÄK-009 shatter cone (Karhiniemi) 335
SÄÄK-010 breccia with agate (Karhiniemi) 18
SÄÄK-011 grey impact melt (from unknown location) 64
SÄÄK-015 breccia? 209
SÄÄK-018 red shocked granite? (Sääkskoski) 298
SÄÄK-020 polymict breccia (Sääkskoski) 94
SÄÄK-021 pseudotachylite? 253
SÖDERFJÄRDEN, Finland
SÖDE-001 dyke breccia, polymict 115
SÖDE-002 breccia (coarse) 25
SÖDE-003 impact breccia with PDFs 820
416
100
SÖDE-005 breccia, coarse 53
SÖDE-006 breccia, coarse 188
SÖDE-009 pseudotachylite? 21
242
uncl. possible shatter cone / slickenside in sandstone ?
TAI HU, China
TAIH-001 quartzite breccia 260
TSWAING, South Africa
TSWA-001 fractured Nebo granite 229
UPHEAVAL DOME, USA
UPDO-001 shocked sandstone 60
WABAR, Saudi-Arabia
WABA-001 Wabar pearls or "tears of the harim" 3 pcs
WANAPITEI LAKE,Canada
WANA-001 layered breccia (suevite?) 553
309
99
WANA-002 suevite 150
67
54
WANA-003 yellowish suevite (melt matrix breccia?) 159
WANA-004 brown suevite 198
WANA-005 breccia 195
WANA-006 light colored suevite 851
344
WANA-007 scarcer green breccia 31
WELLS CREEK, USA
WELL-001 shatter cone 144
WELL-002 breccia 49
VERSAILLES, USA
VERS-001 limestone breccia from central uplift 698
VREDEFORT, South Africa
VRED-001 pseudotachylite 17
VRED-002 shatter cone 6
VRED-003 shatter cone in Booysens shale north from Venterskroon 1752
VRED-004 pseudotachylite from Parys 1154
VRED-005 granite with pseudotachylite vein from Paris 784
VRED-006 granophyre from Parys 287
VRED-007 pseudotachylite from east from Vredefort 815
WOLFE CREEK, Australia
WOLF-001 impactite? Probably not... 70.8
6
6
WOLF-002 sandstone breccia 32.1
31.7
ZHAMANSHIN, Kazakstan
ZHAM-001 Zhamanshin impactites (zhamanshinite) 2
1
from unknown source, South-East Asia tektites
TEKT-001 tektite, indochinite (=thailandites) from Thailand 21
10
TEKT-002 tektite, australites (7 pcs) 2.6
Identification of some samples are not sure. I have marked some ?-marks or other comments if there is some possibility that the sample is not impact related.