Impactite

"Impactite" in a Sentence (2 examples)

Furthermore, the probability that the distribution of "lunar impactite" falls over the Earth's surface would exhibit the alinement along 3 great circles, which is characteristic of all known tektite deposits, is vanishingly small.

Impactite is the term used for all rocks produced or affected by a hypervelocity impact event.

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