Petrified Lightning - SOLD 3.63" Saharan Fulgurite sannine elements such as copper

elements such as copper

ancient civilizations valued the beauty of opal

tool-making hominin Homo erectus

05" stone scraper from North Africa and is dated to roughly 12

165g cross-section of an Oviraptor bone fossil discovered on private land in the Hell Creek Formation of Montana

Petrified Lightning - SOLD 3.63" Saharan Fulgurite sannine elements such as copperAbove: 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. 63" fulgurite collected in the Sahara Desert. Originally