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Henbury Impactite

Henbury impactite comes from the cluster of Henbury craters as a result of multiple asteroid bodies hitting a very small area of Australia. The Henbury Impactite or Henbury Glass is formed by the...

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Irghizites

Irghizites are impact glass from Zhamanshin Crater and perhaps the most intricately detailed impact glass objects. These black glass specimens are recovered as ribbons and threads, drops and swirls.

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Wanapitei Individual

The Wanapitei impactor created the Wanapitei Lake crater, approximately 36 million years ago. The name Wanapitei is derived from the Cree language, and translates to big tooth. Strangely enough, when...

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Sudbury Crater Black Onaping

Sudbury onaping breccias are quite unusual in the sense thatthey are composed of small particles and fragments blasted skyward in the conical debris ejection,that fell back to earth forming a circular...

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Sudbury Crater Shatter Cones

Sudbury shatter cones is one of a number of shock-induced features found at larger impact sites,shattercones could be best described as shock-waves preserved or captured in stone. They aremore loosely...

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