October 13, 2023
BUNTE BRECCIA FROM RIES METEORITE CRATER / IMPACTITE
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MPACTITE - NO METEORITE !! BUNTE BRECCIA FROM RIES METEORITE CRATER /GERMANY BUNTE BRECCIA IS AN IMPACT BRECCIA TYPE MAINLY CONSISTING OF MATERIAL FROM THE FORMER TOP OFT THE LANDSCAPE OFT THE TARGET AREA. ROCK AND SOIL FROM THE TARGET AREA HAD BEEN MIXED UP BY THE TURBULENT MASS TRANSPORT DURING THE EXCAVIATION STAGE OF CRATER FORMING. THE WHOLE SPECTRUM OF ROCKS FROM THE FORMER TARGET AREA CAN BE FOUND AS COMPONENTS IN THIS TYPICAL IMPACTITE. TRIASSIC, JURASSIC, CRETACEOUS, TERTIARY AND EVEN IF OF SECUNDARY IMPORTANCE, CRYSTALLINE ROCKS CAN BE FOUND IN THE MIXTURE AS WELL. AS A RESULT OF THE HIGH SPEED MASS FLOW OUTWARDS FROM THE CRATER WHITE JURASSIC LIMESTONE SURFACES IN SITU HAD BEEN SMOOTHLY POLISHED AND STRIATED AND CAN BE OBSERVED IN SOME LOCATIONS AROUND THE CRATER RIM. YOU ARE BIDDING ON A BEAUTIFUL SAMPLE OF TYPICAL FINER GRAINED BUNTE BRECCIA FOUND NEAR THE VILLAGE OF GUNDELSHEIMLOCATED IN THE EASTERN RIM REGION OF THE ASTROBLEME. THE CUT SURFACE OF THE BUNTE BRECCIA PIECE IS COVERED WITH A LAYER OF EPOXY RESIN FOR PRESERVATION IN ORDER TO ACCENTUATE THE DETAIL AND FOR STABILISATION. LARGER ENDPIECE OF APPROX. OVERALL DIMENSIONS: 80 X 140 X 155 MM, WEIGHT 1755 GRAM (61.905 OZ / 3.869 LB). AGE: 14.5 MILLION YEARS. POSTAGE FOR SHIPPING TO CANADA OR TO THE USA: $ 46.80 - FOR OTHER DESTINATIONS PLEASE REFER TO
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