Impact Melt Glass | Flädle Glass | 17.9 Grams | End Cut | Nördlinger Ries Crater Impactite | Germany SO24 Erythrite Approx Weight (per piece): 16

Approx Weight (per piece):  16

Location:  Diamantina

Size: 31x18 mm incl

Weight: 133

Impact Melt Glass | Flädle Glass | 17.9 Grams | End Cut | Nördlinger Ries Crater Impactite | Germany SO24 Erythrite Approx Weight (per piece): 16This is an outstanding specimen Impact Melt Glass or "Fldle" glass coming from the Ries crater near Stuttgart Germany. Although not a meteorite, impactites are directly linked to them and their impacts. Impactite is a slag like glassy object found on the surface of the earth, formed from rock melted by the impact of a meteorite. The term encompasses shock metamorphosed target rocks, melts or suevites and mixtures of the two, as well as sedimentary