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. The word "suevite" is derived from "Suevia", Latin name of Swabia.

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”.

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.

The term “suevite” has been applied to various impact melt-bearing breccias found in different stra=graphic se>ngs within terrestrial impact craters. Suevite was coined ini=ally for impact glass-bearing breccias from the Ries impact structure, Germany, which is the type locality.

"Suevite" is derived from "Suevia", Latin name of Swabia. 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.

Oct 5, 2016 · The term “suevite” has been applied to various impact melt-bearing breccias found in different stratigraphic settings within terrestrial impact craters. Suevite was coined initially for impact glass-bearing breccias from the Ries impact structure, Germany, which is the type locality.

Definition and significance of suevite: By definition, suevite is a polymict impact breccia that contains impact-derived melt particles in otherwise clastic material [1]. Glassy, lithic and mineral clasts are generally embedded in a particulate, clastic cum melt matrix.

Suevite (or suevite breccia) “A suevite breccia is a polymictic impact breccia with clastic matrix that contains shocked and unshocked clasts and cogenetic melt particles (glassy or crystallized)”

Jul 9, 2021 · Suevite is a common type of proximal impactite found within or around impact structures that records important information about which part of the target stratigraphy underwent shock metamorphism, brecciation, melting, and vaporization as a result of the impact.

Metal rich breccia impactite from the ancient Sudbury meteorite impact structure. 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 structures ...