There is a type of breccia called "impact breccia." For a better explanation 
than I can give, see the following Wiki article on the Alamo bolide impact in 
Nevada:

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alamo_bolide_impact

 

or, better yet, Google "impact breccia."

 

Louise
 


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Mystery rocks? Alien footprints? Pardon me, but it looks like plain old breccia 
to me. See:
 
http://geology.about.com/od/rocks/ig/sedrockindex/rocpicbreccia.htm
 
Louise

No question about it being breccia, I just want to know how it happened. How 
could such a cake mix slurry of broken chunks get embedded in conventional 
limestone then get spread in a thin flat layer across a wide area? The relative 
hardness could well be an unrelated issue. 
 
Sleazel                                           

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