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impactite

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From impact + -ite.

noun impactites

countable, uncountable Any rock created or modified by the impact of a meteorite. Furthermore, the probability that the distribution of "lunar impactite" falls over the Earth's surface would exhibit the alinement along 3 great circles, which is characteristic of all known tektite deposits, is vanishingly small.

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@misc{impactite_2026,
  title = {impactite},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/impactite},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}