Impactite is rock created or modified by one or more impacts of a meteorite.[1][2] Impactites are considered metamorphic rock, because their source materials were modified by the heat and pressure of the impact.[3] On Earth, impactites consist primarily of modified terrestrial material, sometimes with pieces of the original meteorite.[3]
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