Petrified Lightning - SOLD 3.63" Saharan Fulgurite rockinaboxsnail 88" celt from North Africa

88" celt from North Africa and is dated to roughly 7

Gainesville: University Press of Florida

all destined for the battlefields of the Great War

this magnificent gymnosperm has changed very little over the past several million years

The specimen contains an artistic glitter pattern to represent the formation of our solar system from dust and gas

Petrified Lightning - SOLD 3.63" Saharan Fulgurite rockinaboxsnail 88" celt from North AfricaAbove: 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