What is the significance of the conch shell shattering in The Lord of the Flies?

We learn
that asdies, the "conch exploded into a thousand white fragments and ceased to
exist."

Ifis horrified,is elated, stating in high excitement:

There isnt a tribe for you any more! The conch is gone

He ran forward, stooping.

Im chief!

The conch is the symbol of order and the rule of law on the island. The conch stands
above the will of any single individual.

The conch, significantly, is the
communication tool that beckons and draws all the boys together initially into a civilized
community. The breaking of the conch, as Jack understands, creates a chaos in which he can take
over control of everyone for the purpose of his own self-aggrandizement, rather than for the
common good.

As Ralph understands:

The
breaking of the conch and the deaths of Piggy andlay over the island like a vapor. These painted
savages would go further and further . . .

Barbarism and
savagery have smashed the order that the more ethical boys tried to establish and which the
conch...