Petrified Lightning - 1.730" Saharan Fulgurite rockinaboxphylloceras We are pleased to offer

We are pleased to offer it once again as a single item

By inserting a round bead into a mollusk

We've stabilized this material but handle this one with care as it tends to be a bit crumbly

though their true origin is far older

50" on the longest edge

Petrified Lightning - 1.730" Saharan Fulgurite rockinaboxphylloceras We are pleased to offerAbove: Front of the Specimen Card. When lightning strikes dry sand, the intense heat melts and fuses the silica creating tubes of rough glass called fulgurites. The process happens quickly, often trapping molecules from the surrounding atmosphere inside the walls of the impact tube. These natural time capsules allow scientists to study the composition of ancient climates. This specimen is a 1. 730" fulgurite collected in the Sahara Desert. Originally