813 views

Over 15,000 photos and growing!


  14 - February - 2023

This Month       Today's Picture       Select a Month

Submit a Picture

Where is My Picture?!

The Queue


Select by   Contributor

Met Name

Met Type

Thin Sections


Recent Comments

Suevite   contributed by jnmczurich, IMCA 2391   MetBul Link


Roll Overs:     #1   #2    


Click the picture to view larger photos
View all entries for   Meteorite (1)   jnmczurich (132)


Copyright (c) jnmczurich. Use allowed - include photographer's name:.
  Impactite



jnmczurich writes:
Valentine's heart, about 15 million years old impact rock (Suevit), but still beating for all lovely Valentine women. It came from Polsingen quarry, Nördlinger Ries, Germany.

The pink (or red) color of this impact rock Suevite sample is caused by Valentines heart blood - no, sorry - by hematite in the material. Hematite is the most common naturally occurring modification of Iron (III) oxide (formula Fe2O3).


  Click to view larger photos     #1     #2
 


Comment on this MPOD                      
Name
Comment

980 max length
  Please - NO Dealer Ads in the comments
but pictures from dealers are gladly accepted

Tomorrow

Chelyabinsk
Herbert Raab

This Month

1 picture in the Queue
John Lutzon
 2/14/2023 8:22:49 PM		 Very nice. Everyone (who loves Meteoritics) is my Valentine today. Thanks Juergen.
Juergen / jnmczurich
 2/14/2023 2:50:59 PM		 Yes, Valentine's heart is big. 156 mm from the left side to right side and the weight is 609.7g.
Anne Black
 2/14/2023 12:08:45 PM		 Colorful! It looks big. But how big really?
Bernd Pauli
 2/14/2023 12:03:07 PM		 Very nice and hearty example of the red suevite variety from the Polsingen quarry!
John Divelbiss
 2/14/2023 9:21:59 AM		 Awesome breccia...with what looks like a nice chunk of Gneiss at the bottom.
Twink Monrad
 2/14/2023 7:50:46 AM		 Very nice greeting in stone!!
 

Hosted by
Tucson Meteorites		 Server date and time
4/25/2024 4:16:49 PM		 Last revised
03/29/24		 Terms of Use Unsubscribe