Petrified Lightning - 3.25" Saharan Fulgurite phytosaur-scute as coal-rich areas were formed

as coal-rich areas were formed during this period

This magnificent theater which first hosted the Metropolitan Opera was a product of Gilded Age clashes between old and new-money New Yorkers

42g Campo Del Cielo meteorite from Argentina

and member of the house of Drăculești

Oreodont Jaw Sizing:

Petrified Lightning - 3.25" Saharan Fulgurite phytosaur-scute as coal-rich areas were formedAbove: 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 3. 25" fulgurite collected in the Sahara Desert. Originally