Shatter Cone | 903 grams | Impactite | Sudbury Impact Structure | Ontario, Canada | SO24 Spinel Origin: Famous Western Quebec Location

Origin: Famous Western Quebec Location

called volcanic bombs

Name: Olivine Crystal BombSpecimen Size:  Cabinet-Sized Dimensions: 69x39x28 mm / 2

It is a nice dark gray color and is full of small holes

and about 300 m from the Homestead of Dneiper (Boxhole) Cattle Station

Shatter Cone | 903 grams | Impactite | Sudbury Impact Structure | Ontario, Canada | SO24 Spinel Origin: Famous Western Quebec LocationThis is a fantastic shatter cone from Canada weighing 903 grams and measuring 12. 8x8. 3x6. 3 cm. This shatter cone was formed 1. 849 billion years ago at the Sudbury Basin (also named Sudbury Structure) in the Paleoproterozoic era. Although not a meteorite, impactites and shatter cones are directly linked to them and their impacts. Shatter cones are evidence that the rock has been subjected to an extreme shock with very brief high pressures. Shatter