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Crooked Creek is an ancient impact structure in Missouri.  It is approx. 320 million years old and the crater remnant is 7km in diameter.  This locality is rarely seen on the collector market and it originates from an old estate collection.  This specimen shows gorgeous brecciation. Rock Type:  Monomict Breccia Composition:  Lower Ordovician Gasconade Dolomite Locality:  Ring Graben of Crooked Creek Impact Structure, Crawford County, Missouri U.S.A. Approx. Dimens....]]> Sun, 29 Jan 2012 16:40:38 GMT http://www.galactic-stone.com/product/crooked-creek-impact-breccia-rare-missouri-impact-structure-55g $50.00
Crooked Creek is an ancient impact crater structure in Missouri, it is approx. 320 million years old and the crater remnant is 7km in diameter.  This locality is rarely seen on the collector market and it originates from an old estate collection.  This specimen shows gorgeous brecciation. Rock Type:  Monomict Breccia Composition:  Lower Ordovician Gasconade Dolomite Locality:  Ring Graben of Crooked Creek Impact Structure, Crawford County, Missouri U.S.A. Approx....]]> Fri, 27 Jan 2012 16:38:18 GMT http://www.galactic-stone.com/product/crooked-creek-impact-breccia-rare-missouri-impact-structure-52g-1 $55.00
Crooked Creek is an ancient impact crater structure in Missouri, it is approx. 320 million years old and the crater remnant is 7km in diameter.  This locality is rarely seen on the collector market and it originates from an old estate collection.  This specimen shows gorgeous brecciation. Rock Type:  Monomict Breccia Composition:  Lower Ordovician Gasconade Dolomite Locality:  Ring Graben of Crooked Creek Impact Structure, Crawford County, Missouri U.S.A. Approx....]]> Fri, 27 Jan 2012 16:29:59 GMT http://www.galactic-stone.com/product/ries-crater-impactite-impact-breccia-rock-slab-107g $25.00
The Ries impact structure is a massive crater that is 25km in diameter.  Approx. 15 million years ago, a massive meteorite slammed into the Earth near what is now Stuttgart Germany.  This impact is associated with the creation of Moldavite, breccia, melt rock, and glassy impactites called Fladles.   The Ries impactor is though to have been approx. one mile wide and the resulting catastrophic impact vaporized many square miles of rock.  The impact was so violent, that lar....]]> Thu, 22 Sep 2011 09:13:24 GMT http://www.galactic-stone.com/product/indochinite-tektite-curious-black-ancient-impact-glass $11.99
Indochinite tektites were formed hundreds of thousands of years ago when a massive meteorite impacted the Earth.  Molten debris from the catastrophic impact was thrown high into the atmosphere and then fell back to Earth as odd glass-like objects.  The objects are called tektites and these particular tektites come from Thailand (hence the name Indochinite).  Each tektite is unique and could be considered a fossil object.  Their composition is very strange - not quite Earthly,....]]> Wed, 14 Sep 2011 10:20:43 GMT http://www.galactic-stone.com/product/carbonado-black-diamond-ancient-impact-artifact $14.99
Carbonados are strange black diamonds that are only found in a small handful of localities in South America and Africa.  Scientists are still debating the origins of these unusual diamonds, but one of the leading theories is that they originate from a very ancient and massive meteorite impact when the continents of Africa and South America were still connected approx. 2.3 billion years ago.  Carbonados are harder than normal diamonds and they are one of the hardest materials on Earth....]]> Sun, 31 Jul 2011 20:15:41 GMT http://www.galactic-stone.com/product/kentland-crater-indiana--shattercone-impactite $9.99
Kentland crater is an impact structure in Indiana USA that is approximately 97 million years old.  The remnant crater is about 13km in diameter and is the result of an ancient, catastrophic impact from a large meteorite. The impact was so violent that shock waves propagated through the underlying bedrock and these shock waves have been preserved (fossilized) in the form of striations that show the direction of the impact force.  These striations are also called "horsetails" because th....]]> Mon, 25 Jul 2011 11:57:44 GMT http://www.galactic-stone.com/product/sudbury-impactite-black-onaping-breccia-big-endcut-610g $36.00
Sudbury is an "astrobleme" or impact crater structure located in northern Ontario Canada.  It is the result of a catastrophic meteorite impact that occurred 1.8 billion years ago.  The impactor was several kilometers wide and the massive explosion injected large volumes of material into the Earth at the Sudbury site.  This event was so destructive, that it punctured the Earth's crust and material from deep inside the Earth's mantle erupted through the wound and mixed with exotic m....]]> Thu, 14 Jul 2011 18:23:14 GMT http://www.galactic-stone.com/product/lake-wanapitei-crater-impact-breccia-slice-28g $99.00
Lake Wanapitei is an impact crater that is the remnant of a huge asteroid impact in the Eocene period, approximately 37 million years ago.  The crater is located in modern-day Ontario Canada, not far from the older and larger Sudbury impact site.   All that remains of the Wanapitei impactor are these pieces of breccia which contain a mixture of native rocks, impact-sourced materials, and trace elements.  Refer to the photos.  The black centimeter cube is shown for scal....]]> Thu, 14 Jul 2011 18:16:51 GMT http://www.galactic-stone.com/product/lake-wanapitei-crater-impact-breccia-slice-55g-1 $10.00
Lake Wanapitei is an impact crater that is the remnant of a huge asteroid impact in the Eocene period, approximately 37 million years ago.  The crater is located in modern-day Ontario Canada, not far from the older and larger Sudbury impact site.   All that remains of the Wanapitei impactor are these pieces of breccia which contain a mixture of native rocks, impact-sourced materials, and trace elements.  Refer to the photos.  The black centimeter cube is shown for scal....]]> Wed, 06 Jul 2011 18:53:48 GMT http://www.galactic-stone.com/product/lake-wanapitei-crater-impact-breccia-slice-90g $15.00
Lake Wanapitei is an impact crater that is the remnant of a huge asteroid impact in the Eocene period, approximately 37 million years ago.  The crater is located in modern-day Ontario Canada, not far from the older and larger Sudbury impact site.   All that remains of the Wanapitei impactor are these pieces of breccia which contain a mixture of native rocks, impact-sourced materials, and trace elements.  Refer to the photos.  The black centimeter cube is shown for scal....]]> Wed, 06 Jul 2011 12:46:04 GMT http://www.galactic-stone.com/product/sudbury-crater-mine-ore-rich-in-rare-metals-iridium $8.99
Sudbury is an "astrobleme" or impact crater structure located in northern Ontario Canada.  It is the result of a catastrophic meteorite impact that occurred 1.8 billion years ago.  The impactor was several kilometers wide and the massive explosion injected large volumes of material into the Earth at the Sudbury site.  This event was so destructive, that it punctured the Earth's crust and material from deep inside the Earth's mantle erupted through the wound and mixed with exotic m....]]> Mon, 13 Jun 2011 09:51:39 GMT http://www.galactic-stone.com/product/chicxulub-tektite-display-rare-dinosaur-extinction-relic $59.00
Here is an actual remnant of the impacting asteroid that caused the dinosaur extinction 65 million years ago.   During that fateful event, a large asteroid slammed into the Yucatan peninsula area of what is now the Gulf of Mexico.  The catastrophic effects killed off the dinosaurs and many other species of life.  The actual impactor itself is long gone, disintegrated by millions of years of exposure to Earth's elements.  But, these tiny micro-tektites are still here - mi....]]> Sun, 10 Jan 2010 20:08:25 GMT http://www.galactic-stone.com/product/moldavite-green-meteorite-impact-glass-crystal $5.99
Moldavite is a beautiful green translucent glass that originates from the Ries Crater area of Germany.  Moldavite was created when a giant meteorite slammed into the Earth and the catastrophic impact fused local minerals (and some of the meteorite) into a green, gemmy material.  Over the centuries, Moldavite has been prized for it's beauty in jewelry making.  The highest quality Moldavite is cut into faceted gemstones.  This Moldavite is high quality, but not gem grade. ....]]> Sat, 18 Jul 2009 13:26:46 GMT http://www.galactic-stone.com/product/libyan-desert-glass-sample-sized-pieces $5.00
One Libyan Desert Glass micromount consisting of of several translucent fragments. Libyan Desert Glass is an impactite from the Great Sand Sea in Libya and Egypt.  It has been used since the time of the Pharoahs in making jewelry and adornments.  Desert Glass (also called Sahara Glass) was created when a massive meteorite slammed into the Saharan Desert several millenia ago.  Refer to the photo.  The black centimeter cube is shown for scale and is not included.  Your f....]]> Wed, 25 Feb 2009 11:41:50 GMT http://www.galactic-stone.com/product/indochinite-tektite $5.99
Indochinite tektites were formed hundreds of thousands of years ago when a massive meteorite impacted the Earth.  Molten debris from the catastrophic impact was thrown high into the atmosphere and then fell back to Earth as odd glass-like objects.  The objects are called tektites and these particular tektites come from Thailand (hence the name Indochinite).  Each tektite is unique and could be considered a fossil object.  Their composition is very strange - not quite Earthly,....]]> Tue, 24 Feb 2009 21:00:13 GMT