Petrified Lightning - 2.178" Saharan Fulgurite specimens a sardine-fishing boat

a sardine-fishing boat

This bracelet features a large round bead of dinosaur bone

07" fossil fragment of the Dimetrodon's iconic spine

While these creatures themselves were massive

one of the largest iron meteorites with the longest known strewn field on Earth

Petrified Lightning - 2.178" Saharan Fulgurite specimens a sardine-fishing boatAbove: 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. 178" fulgurite collected in the Sahara Desert. Originally