The pumice-like Miramar impact material
is found in an 18-mile-long greenish layer
in a seaside cliff between Mar del Plata and
Miramar, two cities on the central Atlantic
coast of Argentina. It is believed that this
material was deposited by the impact of a
massive object 3.3 million years ago.
£20
This is a 'fladle' or pancake stone from
the Ries Crater. It is a flattened chunk of
impact melt glass, ejected during the
meteoric impact. Available in several sizes
up to around 15cm. Super items!
£20
These fossil Belemnites were distorted,
fractured and remelted back together by
the Ries impact! Extremely rare and a great
talking point!
£10
each
Rochechouart Castle, Haute-Vienne, France
is built upon a hill of impact breccia thrown
up by a massive meteorite impact which took
place during the late Jurassic Period, around
150 million years ago. This is a piece of impact breccia from the site: it bears the tell-tale
marks of the immense energies released by
the event.
£20
These 50g shatter cones come from the
Ries Crater. They display quite beautifully
the 'horsetail' patterns created by the
enormous impact that formed the crater.
Larger samples available
£20
The Azuara impact structure near Zaragoza
was probably formed at the same time as the nearby Rubiela de la Cérida craters.
This piece of impact melt breccia is very similar to that found at the Ries / Steinheim craters.
£20
An intriguing gift for geologists, meteorite
collectors or palaeontologists! Our pieces
of the K-T boundary layer were obtained
for us from the Red Deer River, Alberta and
are available in various sizes. A real talking
point, and very hard to obtain!
£5
Fallback breccia from the Steinheim Crater,
which was formed at the same time as the
more well-known Ries Crater. The impact
disrupted local Jurassic limestones, creating
shatter cones and breccias. This sample has
been polished on one surface and has a mass
of just over a kilo
£30
Another example of a shattercone, this time
from Rochechouart, Haute-Vienne, France
£15
Probably unique to Spacerocks! We offer
this set of nine different KT Boundary layer
 samples, each fully labelled in a padded
acrylic case and presented in a hand-made
glazed wooden box. The specimens have
been collected for us on both sides of the
Atlantic Ocean.
£50