Petrified Lightning - 2.43" Saharan Fulgurite splitammonitepair These varied shades and hues

These varied shades and hues are the product of the ever-present geological forces always at work below our feet

Lava poured from Mount Fuji and filled part of ancient Lake Senoumi

standing above other giants in the region

The red coating is actually a silicone adhesive called RTV 560

and perhaps what other massive dinosaurs may have evolved

Petrified Lightning - 2.43" Saharan Fulgurite splitammonitepair These varied shades and huesAbove: 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. 43" fulgurite collected in the Sahara Desert. Originally