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<blockquote data-quote="starfield7" data-source="post: 157627" data-attributes="member: 3209"><p>I've encountered rocks similar to the second one in central QLD. It was non-magnetic, but looked like it had been molten once. The visual assessment by several geologists was that it was desert varnish that gave it the smooth appearance, however it also had several flat surfaces that, again, looked like they had been made when it was molten.</p><p></p><p>My own assessment is that it may be some type of impactite; not a tektite, but a lower energy meteorite impact that threw out molten ejecta as a sticky conglomerate of material in a localised area.</p><p></p><p>I'd like to see photos of the second one at different angles.</p><p></p><p>Dave</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="starfield7, post: 157627, member: 3209"] I've encountered rocks similar to the second one in central QLD. It was non-magnetic, but looked like it had been molten once. The visual assessment by several geologists was that it was desert varnish that gave it the smooth appearance, however it also had several flat surfaces that, again, looked like they had been made when it was molten. My own assessment is that it may be some type of impactite; not a tektite, but a lower energy meteorite impact that threw out molten ejecta as a sticky conglomerate of material in a localised area. I'd like to see photos of the second one at different angles. Dave [/QUOTE]
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