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Impactite photo gallery

Pseudotachylite veins in granite gneiss (12 cm x 8 cm). Vredefort Dome impact structure Marlin Granite Quarry, near Parys, Orange Free State, South Africa. Photo: S Humphreys © Australian Museum.
Shatter Cones (8 cm x 4 cm). Gosses Bluff, Northern Territory. Photo: S Humphreys © Australian Museum.
Microkrystite spherules (16 cm x 13 cm). Bee Gorge Member, Witenoom Formation, Munjira Gorge, Mount George, WA. Photo: S Humphreys © Australian Museum.
Suevite (5 cm x 3 cm). Ries Crater, Bavaria, Germany. Photo: © Australian Museum.
Libyan glass (5 cm x 4 cm). Libyan Desert, Egypt. Photo: S Humphreys © Australian Museum.
Schoemans Drift, West of Parys, Orange Free State, South Africa. Photo: I Graham © Australian Museum..