Petrified Lightning - 2.40" Saharan Fulgurite amber Italy 1981

Italy 1981

The tooth measures 2

A sample of the card is provided at the bottom of this page

This makes the bag highly reactive to punches

this material builds up layer after layer creating a hard shell around the object

Petrified Lightning - 2.40" Saharan Fulgurite amber Italy 1981Above: 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 2. 40" fulgurite collected in the Sahara Desert. Originally