Image: Impactite: Pseudotachylite veins

Impactite: Pseudotachylite veins in granite gneiss (12 cm x 8 cm). Vredefort Dome impact structure Marlin Granite Quarry, near Parys, Orange Free State, South Africa.

Photographer:

S Humphreys

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© Australian Museum

Last Updated: 4 December 2009

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