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Suevite

A rock classification type
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Suevite

Otting, Donau-Ries District, Swabia, Bavaria, Germany
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Suevite

Otting, Donau-Ries District, Swabia, Bavaria, Germany
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Suevite

Nördlinger Ries Crater, Germany
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Suevite

Otting, Donau-Ries District, Swabia, Bavaria, Germany
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Suevite

Otting, Donau-Ries District, Swabia, Bavaria, Germany
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Suevite

Nördlinger Ries Crater, Germany
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Suevite

Otting, Donau-Ries District, Swabia, Bavaria, Germany
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Suevite

Otting, Donau-Ries District, Swabia, Bavaria, Germany
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About SueviteHide

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"Suevite" is derived from "Suevia", Latin name of Swabia.
An impact breccia that contains shocked and unshocked clasts in a clastic matrix along with cogenetic melt particles.

Suevite is one of the diagnostic rock-types for large impact structures. It has been described from many of the larger impact structures identified on earth.


Unique IdentifiersHide

Mindat ID:
49083
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:1:49083:8

Similar NamesHide

NueviteA synonym of Samarskite-(Y)
SofiiteA valid IMA mineral speciesZn2(SeO3)Cl2
SveiteA valid IMA mineral species(K3-x◻x)Al8(NO3)6O8Cl4 · nH2O
SøviteA rock classification type

Classification of SueviteHide

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