[meteorite-list] A New Tektite Strewn field in Australia - ananguites

[Paul]

Researchers Find Evidence of a Mysterious Giant Asteroid Impact, but 
They Don’t Know Where Its Crater Is Special shards of glass, known as 
“tektites,” were hiding in plain sight in a museum collection
Margherita Bassi, Smithsonian Magazine, September 26, 2025
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/researchers-find-evidence-of-a-mysterious-giant-asteroid-impact-but-they-dont-know-where-its-crater-is-180987415/

Ancient Australian tektites reveal new evidence of a giant asteroid impact
A new study re-evaluating Australian tektites uncovers a previously 
unrecognized cosmic collision that occurred 11 million years ago.
By Brooks Mendenhall, Astronomy, September 26, 2025
https://www.astronomy.com/science/ancient-australian-tektites-reveal-new-evidence-of-a-giant-asteroid-impact/

The paper is:

Musolino, A., Rochette, P., Barrat, J.A., Jourdan, F., Reynard, B., 
Devouard, B., Andrieu, V., Gattacceca, J. and Vidal, V., 2025. A new 
tektite strewn field in Australia ejected from a volcanic arc impact crater 
11 Myr ago. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 670, no.119600.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0012821X2500398X
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/395103938_A_new_tektite_strewn_field_in_Australia_ejected_from_a_volcanic_arc_impact_crater_11_Myr_ago

Yours,

Paul H.