After thunderstorms on the Florida coasts beach combers find fulgurite in the sands. |
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A 10-foot fulgurite is being prepared for display in the lobby of UF's new engineering building. |
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Without actually seeing the specimen I'd have to say that it does sound like you have a fulgurite. |
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Most people have never seen a fulgurite, and many that have probably did not realize what it was at the time. |
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In one room are 10,000 replicas of a fulgurite, while stacks of booklets about fulgurites and related subjects occupy another. |
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The fulgurite, a piece of heat-fused sand caused by lightning hitting the ground, is the subject of Mr. McCollum's perplexing installation. |
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Perhaps once this class of exogenic fulgurite becomes better known, a greater number or variety of occurrences will be recognized instead of overlooked. |
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As mentioned, the Elko Hills strike is apparently the type locality for exogenic fulgurites in addition to being an exemplary occurrence of soil-gravel fulgurite tubes. |
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Thielsen's spire-like top is hit by lightning so frequently that some rocks on the summit have melted into a rare mineraloid known as lechatelierite, a variety of fulgurite. |
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The neon tube inserted into the fulgurite illuminates the glassy interior, causing the normally nondescript fulgurite to glow and assume corporeal structure. |
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