Album 5 - Shatter Cones & Special Evidence
Shatter cones and sharply angular rocks at the dig site
large shattercone approximately 20ft away from the small impact structure and pointing to said structure.
shatter cones and fractured rocks
shatter cones and fractured rocks from the small impact structure's rim
Shatter cone on shatter cone on top of the mountain.
Shatter cone on rock on top of the mountain.
Close-up of large shatter cones with horse tail markings on fragmented rock.
Shatter cones with horse tail markings on fragmented rock.
Shatter cones around the yard and on the mountain
These shatter cones, some of which are cometary fragments, are from the point of impact in the
small circular structure. They are sedimentary rocks of various lithology and so most develop
cleavages as oppose to the “horse tail” markings commonly seen on shatter cones develop in
metamorphic lithology.
Other side of shatter cone in garden
While taking photos of the shatter cones outside, I looked in my garden and there was one.
Shatter cone with cleavages
shatter cone with cleavages.
Shatter cone with evenly shaped horse tail markings.
Shatter cone with horse tail markings.
shatter cone
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Shatter cone
shatter cone
shatter cone on left
impact melt rock shatter cone with cone in the foreground.
Shatter cone with curved apex.
Horse tail markings on fragmented rock.
Shatter cone with comet projectile.
Shatter cone with developing smaller cones.
Twinned shatter cone with cleavages.
Shatter cone showing cleavages on the side.
Shatter cone from mid-center of impact structure. From the many indentations, it appears that this cone experienced some force of impact.
Shatter cone with poorly developed horse tail markings
Slaty rock shatter cone with cleavages.
shatter cone with cleavages
shatter cone with cleavages
slaty rock shatter cone with cleavages and developing smaller cones on its side.
shatter cone with cleavages
Shatter cone with two conical apexes.
Four pieces of cometary fragments with cone shape heads from the point of impact. Again, I believe these were there from the mountain's hit.
Slaty rock shatter cones one with curved apex.
This rock appears to be Tuff, a sedimentary rock form from ash with round clast. Slaty impact melt rock shatter cone with developing smaller cones. The rounded clasts weathered to orange color. Not magnetic only it could be a fragment of a differentiated asteroid.
Most of the clast in this rock have weathered to orange color. Shatter cone rock fragment close-up showing weathered clasts. With all rounded clasts, this fragment could be a part of the asteroid.
shatter cone
Shatter cone that pointed upwards at the point of impact.
Fragmented pebble shatter cone that pointed upwards at the point of impact.
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Special Evidence
A larger carbon spherule with micro size spherule riding its back.
Odd shapes magnetic glassy tektites.
Group of magnetic grains including tektites, melt drop and spherules found at impact strewn fields around the world
Sparkles on glass-like carbon.
The surface of some pieces of the glass-like carbon glisten with crystals believed to be diamond.
Crystals from impact structure
Crystal from mid-center of impact structure. Not sure what to make of the odd lines in the foreground.
Crystals from the point of impact showing shock-induced fracture within.
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Reverse side and melt crust of the carbonado diamond.
Carbonado diamond with transparent and rust color diamond attached.
Carbonado diamond surface.
Close-up on the surface of the carbonado diamond - comet fragment.
Close-up of Carbonado Diamond with what I presume to be transparent and rust color diamond attached.
Glass-like carbon fragments with crustal evidence of experiencing high heat show areas dotted with tiny luminescent crystals. Glass-like carbon is
covered in more detail in the Impact Melt section (photos 1 & 2). Transparent to semi-transparent crystals found mid-center of the small impact
structure. As there as many faces of different sizes and shapes on each side of the crystals, it is difficult to discern a basic shape on which to base the
crystals’ structures. The faces do have similarities in shape and being unfinished in form to the layers seen on the glass-like carbon. One of the
crystals has an indentation similar to those in the glass-like carbon. Quite possible, they are lonsdaleite__ the diamond that form under extreme
pressure and heat generated by an impact. Covered in High-pressure Shock Metamorphism section (photos 3 - 5).
Magnetic fragment of the comet with the appearance of Carbonado diamond. The black diamond outer surface shows melt flow on one side. The
other side, made up of small black crystals, has flow-like transparent material that is part colorless and part orange from rust (photos 1 & 2). Close-ups
of the Carbonado diamond surface (photos 3 - 5).
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Group of magnetic grains, mini tektites or glass bombs in several cm sizes and different shapes. The group includes glass
spherules said to be high in titanomagnetite; glass sphere of different colors; carbon spherules said to contain nanodiamonds
and melt drops of different shapes.
Mix of carbon and glass spherules, magnetic glass grains and tektites.
Sub-rounded magnetic grains
Transparent, brown glass and brown spherules with texture similar to black carbon spherules.
Carbon spherules thought to contain nanodiamonds and fullerenes.
Black glass spherules of various sizes said to be high in titanomagnetite.
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The grayish and grayish-white rocks are not limestone. Considered impure, limestone in the area is mixed with marl aka
mud (as in limestone and marl), with what appears to be fish bones and carbon. Pure limestone is not to be found within
100ft of the surface in this area. Further, these rocks are black... with a thin grayish-white coating. The black under the
grayish-white coating has the appearance of "hornsfel", a baked rock that forms from shales __ pseudotachylites__
covered in the High-temperature Impact Melts section.