Germany, Bavaria
Nördlinger Ries Impact Crater, Germany
Mineral locality Inferred from historyGray area
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Crystals and mineralsAlso reported: suevite, coesite, glass.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Stephanie Clifford from Arlington, VA, USA (CC BY 2.0).
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Why this spot
Rockhounding locality: Miocene meteorite impact suevite
Classic impact structure, suevite with shocked minerals, thoroughly documented.
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
Quarry faces
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