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[[Image:Shattercone_Wengenhausen.JPG\|thumb\|right\|Typical Shatter Cone from Ries impact crater, Germany.]] '''Shatter cones''' are rare geological features that are only known to form in the [[bedrock]] beneath [[meteorite]] [[impact crater]]s or [[Underground nuclear testing\|underground nuclear explosions]]. They are evidence that the rock has been subjected to a shock with pressures in the range of ~~2–30 [[Pascal (pressure)~~{{convert\|2\|GPa]]\|psi\|0\|abbr=on}}–{{convert\|30\|GPa\|psi\|0\|abbr=on}}.<ref name=French1998>{{cite book \| author = French, B.M. \| date = 1998

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