Impactite Fallback Breccia | Steinheim Basin impact structure | 69.2 gram Slice | Ries, Germany | SO24 H4-5 prismatic crystals nestled in vugs

prismatic crystals nestled in vugs on contrasting limonite matrix

Weight:  77

he and his brothers would play on top of the stones

89 million years ago when a meteorite crashed into the earth making a round crater which is now a lake about 11 miles wide

Impactite Fallback Breccia | Steinheim Basin impact structure | 69.2 gram Slice | Ries, Germany | SO24 H4-5 prismatic crystals nestled in vugsThis is a fantastic Impactite Fallback Breccia from Germany weighing 69. 2 grams and measuring 72x66x10mm. Although not a meteorite, impactites and shatter cones are directly linked to them and their impacts. The Steinheim Basin today exhibits a distinct morphological depression that is 110 m deep and 3. 5 km in diameter; the height of the central uplift totals to more than 140 m. The original size of the pristine crater is estimated to be 3. 8 km