During the impact melted material forming a breccia containing glass and crystal or lithic fragments together form Suevite rock.
Durable Rock, Medium Hardness Rock
Coarse Grained Rock, Opaque Rock
Black, Brown, Green, Grey, Pink
Decorative Aggregates, Homes, Interior Decoration
As Building Stone, As Facing Stone, Garden Decoration, Office Buildings
As Dimension Stone, Cement Manufacture, for Road Aggregate, Making natural cement, Manufacture of Magnesium and Dolomite Refractories
Artifacts, Monuments, Sculpture
As a Feed Additive for Livestock, Gemstone, Metallurgical Flux, Source of Magnesia (MgO)
Archaeological Significance
Suevite is a metamorphic rock consisting partly of melted material, typically forming a breccia containing glass and crystal or lithic fragments, formed during an impact event.
Coesite, Quartz, Stishovite
Burial Metamorphism, Cataclastic Metamorphism, Contact Metamorphism, Hydrothermal Metamorphism, Impact Metamorphism, Regional Metamorphism
Deposits in Eastern Continents
England, France, Germany, Great Britain, Netherlands, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom
Deposits in Western Continents
Deposits in Oceania Continent
Learn more about Properties of Suevite
What is Suevite? In this section, we will learn more about properties of Suevite i.e. physical and thermal properties. Physical properties of Suevite include Color, Streak, Hardness, Structure, Cleavage, Fracture, Luster, Specific Gravity etc. The strength of Suevite is 65.00 N/mm2. Streak of Suevite is light to dark brown while its cleavage is . Luster of Suevite is earthy and its fracture is uneven. Suevite is opaque in nature. Know all about Suevite, What is Suevite, its composition, features, facts and reserves in next sections.
Know about Composition of Suevite
What is Suevite composed of? Get to know about composition of Suevite here. Suevite definition gives information about the Formation of Suevite and its composition.The composition of Suevite can be further divided into mineral and compound content. The mineral content of Suevite rock includes Coesite, Quartz, Stishovite and The compound content of Suevite rock includes CaO, Carbon Dioxide, MgO. Almost all rocks undergo transformation process. Know all about Suevite rock in next section.