This study is concerned with the glide plane that is produced during a dynamic fracture in a rock mass and with the section that is perpendicular to the plane. The techniques that were used include X ray, infrared, and fluorescent spectroscopy. It was found that the plane consists of quartz and albite nanocrystals surrounded with water that contain numerous defects, viz., "broken" chemical bonds and admixture atoms. The formation of such a structure seems to have reduced the friction coefficient and produced conditions for the development of an unstable slip in the rock mass.