Rare Scottish Bay Of Stoer Red Suevite (12.3 grams / 25 mm) Tumbled Stone (A8) Transformation - FREE UK POSTAGE

This listing is for a lovely and unusual Red Suevite tumbled stone, this beautiful and unusual tumbled stone comes from the North West of Scotland in the Bay of Stoer. The tumbled stone weighs approximately 12.3 grams and measurements taken at the widest points are approximately 25 mm x 20 mm x 16 mm. The red colour rock is the suevite and rock and the dark small/extra small areas are the tektite held within it.

The listing shows different sides of the tumbled stone (the pictures are close ups and NOT the actual size), there maybe areas not fully polished, etc. Please check all the pictures, weights and measurements carefully before purchasing.

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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.
It was once suggested that the Precambrian Torridonian sediments of North West Scotland had fallen off the Moon. Now it appears that at least part of that massive may indeed have had an extraterrestrial origin.

For many years the origin of the rocks had been somewhat unconvincingly ascribed to volcanic agencies. But a self-funded team from the Universities of Aberdeen and Oxford has found evidence that it represents a proximal ejecta blanket (“impactite”) thrown up by a massive strike. Material ejected by the impact was scattered over an area about 50 kilometres across the North West of Scotland.

Ken Amor, of Oxford University's Department of Earth Sciences, speaking at the MetSoc meeting in Nancy today, described how chemical testing of the rocks found the characteristic signature of meteoritic material was found to be notably high levels of the key element iridium, normally only found in low concentrations in surface rocks on Earth, but present here at 20 parts per billion (ppb). This value is considerably higher than surrounding sediments, with typical values in the range 0.9 to 6ppb.

“We found more evidence when we examined the rocks under a microscope” says Amor: “tell-tale microscopic parallel fractures also imply a meteorite strike”. The bedded sediments below the younger rocks may be folded, overturned, or completely delaminated and re-incorporated within the overlying sequence. These features give directional information about the blast wave. This suggests to the authors that the precise impact site – and the place to look for any surviving crater with some geophysical surveying – would now be just offshore. Amor believes that such a crater could have been (depending on the thickness of the sediment cover into which the meteorite fell) may be six to eight kilometres across.
Scott Thackrey, a research student at Aberdeen, added: "The type of ejected deposit discovered in North West Scotland is only observed on planets and satellites that possess a volatile rich subsurface, like Venus, Mars and Earth. Due to the rare nature of these deposits, each new discovery provides revelations in terms of the atmospheric and surface processes that occur round craters just after impact."

"If there had been human observers in Scotland 1.2 billion years ago they would have seen quite a show” Amor told Geoscientist Online. "The massive impact would have melted rocks and thrown up an enormous cloud of vapour that scattered material over a large part of the region around Ullapool. It is very unusual to find ejecta blankets on Earth because they tend to be quickly eroded away. In this case rapid sedimentation, a feature of much of the Torridonian, caused the blanket to be rapidly buried, and thus preserved.

Amor told delegates: “It is the most spectacular evidence for a meteorite impact within the British Isles to date".

This is a stone of transformation, and helps us to change for the better different aspects of our life to make the future brighter in all areas. It helps us accept these changes and aids us on our journey forward, keeping the process smooth and keeping us protected and comforted at the same time. It gives us the strength and knowledge that our path forward is for the greatest good and aids us in welcoming into our lives unfamiliar and/or new people and situations. A wonderful healing tool which amplifies the healing and teaching process.

The tumbled stone in the picture's is the one you will receive.

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