The spherules, known as microtektites, are droplets
of molten rock that were melted and
thrown out of the impact
crater by the energy
of the projectile, or condensed from rock that was vaporized upon impact.
Walking the broad streets, with their tasteful fin - de-sie ̀cle houses — only occasionally interspersed with postwar buildings, hastily
thrown up to plug the bomb
craters of World War II — you'll find your way to galleries like Galerie Max Hetzler and Buchholz or, a few streets down, Mathew Gallery, run by David Lieske and Peter Kersten, whose music label Dial has been responsible for some
of the finest house music to come
out of Germany in the last 15 years.