Rocks generated or altered by the asteroid impact

This page shows close-up photos of rocks generated or altered by the asteroid impact and other phenomena related to the cratering event.

Rocks generated or altered by the asteroid impact
Suevite, building material of Nördlingen's spire. Melt structures and vesicles in the dark fragments.
Rocks generated or altered by the asteroid impact
Small fragment of jurassic limestone embedded in suevite. Image about 4cm wide.
Rocks generated or altered by the asteroid impact
Small piece of granite within suevite, from the cristalline basement rock. Image about 4cm wide
Rocks generated or altered by the asteroid impact
Reddish weathering of a metamorphic inclusion in the suevite. Image about 4cm wide
Rocks generated or altered by the asteroid impact
Suevite (light colour, centre) and "Bunte Breckzie" (reddish, right) in the quarry of Aumühle.
Rocks generated or altered by the asteroid impact
Poppies apparently grow very well on suevite...; quarry of Aumühle.
Rocks generated or altered by the asteroid impact
Jurassic limestone, shattered by the impact (below) and darker "Bunte Breckzie"; quarry near Ronheim.
Rocks generated or altered by the asteroid impact
Variegated fragments of the "Bunte Breckzie"; quarry near Ronheim.
Rocks generated or altered by the asteroid impact
"Bunte Breckzie": details
Rocks generated or altered by the asteroid impact
Scratch marks on limestone, caused by sliding of ejected material; quarry near Ronheim.
Rocks generated or altered by the asteroid impact
Sometimes scratch marks intersect, showing variations of movemnt of the ejected material.
Rocks generated or altered by the asteroid impact
So called "shatter cone" in jurassic limestone; Meteorkratermuseum Steinheimer Becken.
Rocks generated or altered by the asteroid impact
So called "Ries Belemnites": these fossils were fractured by the impact event.
Rocks generated or altered by the asteroid impact
Ries belemnite in strongly fractured limestone; Meteorkratermuseum Steinheimer Becken.
Rocks generated or altered by the asteroid impact
Moldavite from southern Bohemia. length 4cm.
Rocks generated or altered by the asteroid impact
Same piece of moldavite, from the other side.
Fotos J. Alean