Updated:19 August 2026
Finnish impactites
Name	Type	Sample	Weight (g)
ISO-NAAKKIMA	breccia with dikes		0.0
-	breccia with dikes	A thin section.	0.0
-	impact breccia	A drill core.	0.0 - (photo)
KARIKKOSELKÄ	granite breccia impact related		32.7
KEURUSSELKÄ	impact breccia		142.5
-	shatter cone	Sample h22	2020.0
-	shatter cone	split sample	1776.0
-	shatter cone		565.0
-	pseudotachylite from the Kirkkoranta dike	A fragment.	77.3
-	pseudotachylite from the Kirkkoranta dike	A cut fragment.	32.4
LAPPAJÄRVI	kärnäite melt matrix breccia	A piece of floor tile.	6930.0
-	shatter cone	split sample	402.6 - 2 pcs
-	shatter cone		155.5
PAASSELKÄ	suevite		378.5
-	suevite	A piece of a drill core.	18.8
SAARIJÄRVI	shatter cone		6605.0
-	sand- and siltstone breccia with PDFs		280.4
SUMMANEN	shatter cone in granite		5420.0
SUVASVESI NORTH	suevite	from Kaituransalo	43.4
-	breccia with shatter cone		76.5
SUVASVESI SOUTH	impact melt		62.9
-	shatter cone in granite		1250.0
-	shatter cone in granite		603.0
-	shatter cone in mica gneiss	split sample	693.0 - 2 pcs
-	shatter cone in mica gneiss	split sample	523.5 - 2 pcs
-	shatter cone in mica gneiss	fragmented	227.2 - 5 pcs
SÄÄKSJÄRVI	impact melt clast free		1540.0
-	shatter cone		340.5
SÖDERFJÄRDEN	pseudotachylite (possible)		241.7
-	breccia		343.9
-	sandstone crater fill sediments		271.7
11 craters		31 samples	31.05 kg
NOTE! This inventory of Finnish samples is far from complete.
Other impactites
Name	Type	Sample	Weight (g)
ACRAMAN, Australia	impact melt		32.5
-	shatter cone		72.1
-	shatter cone		315.9
AGOUDAL, Morocco	shatter cone		24.9
AOUELLOUL, Mauritania	impact glass		3.8
ARAGUAINHA DOME, Brazil	breccia polymict		57.9
-	melt breccia		49.5
-	shatter cone in sandstone		114.0
-	granite	from central uplift	25.2
-	granite		4.7
-	ironized sandstone	A fragment.	20.9
AUSTRALASIAN strewn field, Australia	australites tektite	Individuals.	2.6 - 7 psc.
AUSTRALASIAN strewn field, Thailand	indochinite tektite	A piece.	9.6
-	indochinite tektite	A piece.	20.9
-	indochinite tektite	From Dan Khun Thot district in Nakhon Ratchasima.	23.6
BARRINGER, United States	coesite	A piece.	0.1
-	impactite instant rock	A piece.	0.5
-	Coconino sandstone	A fragment.	1.9
-	iron spherules		0.06 - 6 pcs.
BEAVERHEAD, United States	impact breccia		0.0
-	shatter cone		0.0
BOXHOLE, Australia	breccia non-impactite?		45.0
BRENT, Canada	impact breccia		91.9
CHARLEVOIX, Canada	impact melt		0.0
-	shatter cone		580.0
CHICXULUB, Austria	K-Pg boundary clay		18.1
CHICXULUB, Denmark	K-Pg boundary clay	from Karlstrup	34.2
-	K-Pg boundary clay	from Karlstrup	59.9
-	K-Pg boundary clay	from Kjolby Gaard	30.5
-	K-Pg boundary clay	from Kjolby Gaard	103.1
-	K-Pg boundary clay	from Nye Klöv	42.8
-	K-Pg boundary clay	from Nye Klöv	107.1
-	K-Pg boundary clay	from Stevens Klint	120.0
CHICXULUB, France	K-Pg boundary clay	from Bidart	31.0
-	K-Pg boundary clay	from Bidart	56.5
CROOKED CREEK, United States	breccia		0.0
DALGARANGA, Australia	sandstone		54.7
-	target soil		45.7
DARWIN, Australia	impact glass	A piece.	4.8
-	impact glass	Small pieces.	13.9 - 9 pcs.
DELLEN, Sweden	dellenite type II	from Norra Dellen	175.3
-	suevite		260.6
-	suevite		227.7
-	suevite with shatter cone		232.0
DHALA, India	breccia		38.7
-	breccia		27.0
-	breccia		21.6
-	breccia		52.2
EL'GYGYTGYN, Russia	impact glass	A fragment.	0.8
FLYNN CREEK, United States	possible shatter cone		0.0
GARDNOS, Norway	impact melt		200.4
-	impact breccia		0.0
GLOVER BLUFF, United States	shatter cone in limestone		216.3
-	impact breccia		11.2
GOSSES BLUFF, Australia	impact breccia monomict		52.1
-	impact breccia monomict		44.3
-	impact breccia		33.8
-	impact breccia		66.0
-	impact breccia		45.4
-	impact melt		27.0
-	impact melt		18.6
HENBURY craters (7), Australia	impactite instant rock		4.1
HOWELL, United States	possible shatter cone in limestone		109.7
JÄNISJÄRVI, Russia	impact melt		205.2
JEBEL WAQF AS SUWWAN, Jordan	chert breccia		144.1
-	breccia		60.3
-	shatter cone	from central uplift	434.1
JEPTHA KNOB, United States	breccia		0.0
KAALI craters, Estonia	fragtured lime stone	from the main crater	10.4
-	fragtured lime stone	from the main crater	4.1
-	fragtured lime stone	from crater nro 7	50.7
-	fragtured lime stone	from crater nro 4	63.0
KARA, Russia	impact glass		59.5
-	suevite		262.1
-	shatter cone in Permian sandstone		112.0
KARLA, Russia	impact breccia in limestone	A piece.	39.8
-	impact breccia in limestone	A piece.	20.9
-	impact breccia in limestone		6.8
-	impact breccia in limestone		5.5
KENTLAND, United States	shatter cone in limestone		932.0
LIBYAN DESERT GLASS, Egypt	Libyan desert glass tektite / impact glass	An individual.	19.8
LOCKNE, Sweden	Tandsbyn breccia monomict impact breccia		94.8
-	loftarsten surge breccia w. melt droplets		354.6
-	lockne breccia surge breccia		480.5
LONAR, India	impact melt basaltic		22.9
MANICOUAGAN, Canada	impact melt	from Île René Levasseur	82.7
-	impact melt	from Baye Mewsty Eufranee Isl.	54.7
-	suevite	from Île René Levasseur	89.9
-	melt matrix breccia		35.2
MANSON, United States	ejecta layer	from Crow Creek	5.0
MARQUEZ DOME, United States	breccia monomict		140.0
MIDDLESBORO, United States	shocked sandstone		84.4
-	shocked coal		66.9
MIEN, Sweden	impact melt		0.0
-	shocked granite		0.0
-	impact melt	A thin section.	0.0
MONTURAQUI, Chile	impactite instant rock	A piece.	3.8
NEUGRUND, Estonia	impact breccia	from Rannaküla?	30.4
-	impact breccia	from Rannaküla?	38.9
OASIS, Libya	shocked sandstone	A fragment.	3.0
ODESSA craters (A), United States	spherules		0.0 - 8 pcs.
POPIGAI, Russia	tagamite melt matrix breccia	A fragment.	43.3
-	tagamite melt matrix breccia		24.2
-	tagamite melt matrix breccia		47.8
-	impact breccia	A small slice.	1.5
-	tagamite melt matrix breccia	A fragment.	3.6
-	tagamite melt matrix breccia	A fragment.	0.4 - for trade
RIES, Czech republic	moldavite tektite	A piece.	17.6
-	moldavite tektite	from Slavce, near Trhové Sviny	7.1
-	moldavite tektite	from 'stoch' (stack) near Besednice	3.4
-	moldavite tektite	A piece.	2.7
-	moldavite tektite	A piece.	1.3
-	moldavite tektite	A piece.	0.5
-	moldavite tektite	A faceted stone.	0.46 - 2.3 ct.
RIES, Germany	impact melt Iron rich		320.7
-	impact melt		95.1
-	suevite		150.2
-	melt bomb		96.8
-	suevite	from Otting quarry	149.9
-	melt bomb		40.6
-	melt bomb		208.1
-	suevite		754.0
-	shocked granite		310.7
RITLAND, Norway	suevite	from E side	498.6
-	suevite	from E side	344.7
-	suevite	from E side	146.6
ROCHECHOUART, France	Chassenon breccia suevite	from Chassenon	112.2
-	Montoume breccia suevite	from Montoume	226.4
-	Montoume breccia	from Videix	190.4
-	Babaudus type impact melt	from Valette	421.5
-	Montoume breccia suevite	from Montoume	142.6
-	Montoume breccia suevite	from Montoume	252.3
-	shatter cone		672.0
-	pseudotachylite		266.1
-	pseudotachylite		75.2
-	pseudotachylite		44.5
-	pseudotachylite		87.3
ROCK ELM, United States	breccia		95.7
SAINT MARTIN, Canada	impact melt		40.4
-	granite	from central uplift	106.0
SERPENT MOUND, United States	shatter cone		289.2
SILJAN, Sweden	impact melt grey variation		229.6
-	shatter cone		0.0
STAC FADA, United Kingdom	impactite layer Stac Fada formation		132.0
-	impactite layer Stac Fada formation		55.4
-	impactite layer Stac Fada formation		14.1
-	impactite layer Stac Fada formation		3.2
STEINHEIM, Germany	shatter cone in limestone		107.4
-	shatter cone in limestone		1180.0
-	shocked sandstone Middle Jurassic		0.0 - 3 pcs.
SUDBURY, Canada	impact glass		32.2
-	Sudbury sulfide ore a contact mineralization		101.9
TSWAING, South Africa	fractured Nebo granite	from the rim	229.5
UPHEAVAL DOME, United States	shocked sandstone		60.1
VARGEAO DOME, Brazil	impact breccia from basalt target		335.0
VERSAILLES, United States	breccia		0.0
VISTA ALEGRE, Brazil	basalt impact breccia monomict		324.0
VREDEFORT, South Africa	granophyre		251.8
-	pseudotachylite		672.0
WABAR craters, Saudi Arabia	Wabar's pearls (or tears) impact glass	Individuals (Philby-B)	0.2 - 3 psc.
WANAPITEI LAKE, Canada	suevite		147.7
-	impact breccia		194.1
-	suevite		322.6
WELLS CREEK, United States	limestone breccia		49.0
-	shatter cone in limestone		143.4
WOLFE CREEK, Australia	breccia		33.0
-	breccia		31.8
-	non-impactite		71.2
YALLALIE, Australia	impact breccia		63.4
-	impact breccia		42.2
YARRABUBBA, Australia	Barlangi granophyre melt rock		137.7
-	granite breccia		63.4
-	shatter cone in granite		673.0
ZHAMANSHIN, Kazakstan	zamanshinite impact glass		38.5
-	zamanshinite impact glass		2.2
-	zamanshinite impact glass		0.8
70 craters		176 samples	20.14 kg
Some impactites are not confirmed.
Total:
81 craters		207 samples	51.19 kg
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