Suevite is a rock consisting partly of melted material, typically forming a breccia containing glass and crystal or lithic fragments, formed during an impact event. It forms part of a group of rock types and structures that are known as impactites .

隕磺礫岩 （Suevite）是一種包含有已熔融的礦物質的 岩石，屬於 撞擊石 的一種。 一般來說，這些隕磺礫岩都包含有由 玻璃 、 晶體 或 岩屑 組成的 角礫岩，形成於 撞擊 發生時。 有「鑽石城」美譽的 德國 小鎮 諾德林根 就是建築在一個隕磺礫岩的隕石坑上 [1]。 ^ Vickery, Matthew. 隕石撞擊打造的德國「鑽石城」. 2017-12-12 [2017-12-18] （中文（繁體））.

Suevite is defined as an impact melt-bearing breccia with a particulate matrix, composed of a heterogeneous mixture of melt phases that were fluid during and after transport, commonly found in meteorite impact structures on Earth.

撞击石是描述岩石被陨石撞击所创造或地形修改的非正式术语。 这个名词包括目标岩石的融化（suevite，陨击角砾岩，冲击凝灰角砾岩）和冲击变质作用，或是两者的混合，以及作为受到撞击重大影响的元件（受到撞击的矿物颗粒、熔融石、异常的地球化学特征码、等等）和沉积岩。 撞击石，是描述岩石被陨石撞击所创造或地形修改的非正式术语。

Suevite, Lake Mien (Sweden) impact structure. Originally, suevite was the name of a melt breccia in the Ries crater and derived from the province of Swabia in southern Germany, and such means “Swabian stone”. For decades, the Ries crater suevite was considered a peculiar volcanic breccia and unique in the world.

2016年10月5日 · Suevite is currently defined as a polymict breccia with a particulate matrix, containing lithic and mineral clasts in all stages of shock metamorphism, including impact melt particles (Stöffler and Grieve 2007). The use of particulate to describe the matrix replaced the earlier use of clastic (Stöffler 1977).

“Suevite” is currently defined as a polymict breccia with a par=culate matrix, containing lithic and mineral clasts in all stages of shock metamorphism, including impact melt par=cles (Stöffler and Grieve 2007).

In numerous terrestrial hypervelocity impact structures such melt-bearing breccias have been termed "suevite," after the type locality at the Ries impact structure, Germany. Despite its widespread occurrence, the origin, emplacement, and classification of suevite remains debated.

冲击角砾岩 [1] 英文（suevite），是由小行星或其他宇宙天体撞击产生的有角岩石碎片沉积物。

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