impactite

[′im‚pak‚tīt]

(geology)

Glassy fused rock or meteor fragments resulting from heat of impact of a meteor on the earth.

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Strange glassy objects--called "tektites" and "impactites"--are found by the thousands in sites scattered across the earth.

Moon material on earth

The fact that the craters have survived the shifting sands of the Rub' al-Khali is due solely to impactite glass and instant rock that mantle the crater rims and walls and resist scouring by the wind.

Studies of impactite samples in the 1960s gives an age of about 6,400 years for the craters, but we think that this is probably an order of magnitude too high.

Secrets of the Wabar craters: a team of geologists explores this enigmatic meteorite-impact site in southern Saudi Arabia

The Gardnos impact structure, Norway: petrology and geochemistry of target rocks and impactites. Geochim.

Impact-induced and diagenetic changes in minerals in the sandy ejecta of the Kardla crater, NW Estonia/Meteoriidiplahvatuse mojul ja diageneesi valtel tekkinud mineraalterade muutused Kardla kraatrit umbritsevas liivakas valjapaiskelasundis

Connues sous le nom de tectites ou impactites il s'agit de billes de sables de quartz et de yerres de silice accompagnant les crateres d'impact par des formations coniques extemes (shatter-cones) recouvertes de stries rayonnantes.