Suevite

ID	445
Mineral	Suevite
Location	Miguel Vacas Mine - Vila Viçosa - Évora - Portugal
Fluorescence	LW-UV: close SW-UV: close
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Mindat data

ID	49083
Long ID	1:1:49083:8
Entry type	7
Description	An impact breccia that contains shocked and unshocked clasts in a clastic matrix along with cogenetic melt particles. Suevite is one of the diagnostic rock-types for large impact structures. It has been described from many of the larger impact struc...
About the name	"Suevite" is derived from "Suevia", Latin name of Swabia.

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