A New Impact Crater was Discovered by One of my Viewers; Contains Shocked Quartz

In Saudi Arabia, a local viewer of mine has not only discovered a new impact crater but he has also performed field and lab work to prove it! At what he is naming "Toonsi Crater", he found clear cut evidence of shocked quartz along with what appears to be the impact breccia known as suevite. This video will discuss this brand new find, which was made by Abdulrahman Toonsi in Saudi Arabia.

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A special thanks to Abdulrahman Toonsi for allowing me to interview him and giving me photos and information about his discovery. For media requests, his email can be reached at: [email protected].

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Sources/Citations:
[1] A discussion I had with Abdulrahman Toonsi.
[2] Antar Abdel Wahab, Mostafa A. Abul Maaty, Finlay M. Stuart, Hesham Awad, Aziz Kafafy, The geology and geochronology of Al Wahbah maar crater, Harrat Kishb, Saudi Arabia, Quaternary Geochronology, Volume 21, 2014, Pages 70-76, ISSN 1871-1014, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quageo.2013..., (https://www.sciencedirect.com/science...)
[3] G. Collins & others, "A numerical assessment of simple airblast models of impact...", Meteoritics & Planetary Science, https://doi.org/10.1111/maps.12873 (2017), CC BY 4.0
[4] https://impact.ese.ic.ac.uk/ImpactEar...
[5] Mindat, https://www.mindat.org/
[6] Mindat, Stishovite, https://www.mindat.org/min-3790.html
[7] Mindat, Coesite, https://www.mindat.org/min-1104.html

0:00 Saudi Arabian Desert
0:20 A New Impact Crater
0:45 Shocked Quartz
1:38 Suevite
2:42 Age of the Crater
3:30 Impact Sequence
4:41 Conclusion