A collision between a celestial body and the Earth creates sudden, enormous pressures, far beyond those generated by volcanoes and plate tectonic processes. The violent blow from the impact changes the crystal structure of the quartz and feldspar found in normal, unshocked rocks. A microscope reveals tiny, distinctive parallel cracks in the silicate minerals; these cracks are called planar deformation features. Quartz may also transform into its high-pressure forms, such as suevite and coesite. The "shock metamorphism" may also create diamonds out of carbon. Huge impacts may throw off bits of melted rock debris, which quickly cool with a glassy texture and a round or elongated shape. Scientists call these glassy stones tektites and they provide evidence of long-ago impact events. Some evidence of shocked silicate rocks has also been found at atomic bomb testing sites.