[Rockhounds] Meteorite strikes may create unexpected form of silica

[Paul]

Meteorite strikes may create unexpected form of silica
Carnegie Institution for Science, August 26, 2020
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/08/200826151306.htm

The paper is:

Sally June Tracy, Stefan J. Turneaure, Thomas S. Duffy.
Structural response of α-quartz under plate-impact
shock compression. Science Advances, 2020; 6 (35):
eabb3913 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.abb3913
https://advances.sciencemag.org/content/6/35/eabb3913

Yours,

Paul H.