Petrified Lightning - 2.12" Saharan Fulgurite tabascogeode Above: Hans inspecting a large

Above: Hans inspecting a large piece of Burmite after hours in the amber markets of Téngchōng

Spanning 500 years of history

66 million years ago) provides a dramatic exclamation point to the end of the Mesozoic

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A small information card is included

Petrified Lightning - 2.12" Saharan Fulgurite tabascogeode Above: Hans inspecting a largeAbove: 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. 12" fulgurite collected in the Sahara Desert. Originally