Photomicrograph of a shocked quartz grain (0.13 mm across) from the Chesapeake Bay impact crater, showing shock lamellae (Source: http://geology.er.usgs.gov/eespteam/crater/shockquartz.html)
Photomicrograph of a shocked quartz grain (0.13 mm across) from the Chesapeake Bay impact crater, showing shock lamellae (Source: http://geology.er.usgs.gov/eespteam/crater/shockquartz.html)