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Evans Head, Rous Co., New South Wales, Australia This is a photo of a 'fulgurite' - fused sand where it has been struck by lightning, location Evan's Head, New South Wales (my son's name is Evan. Hope it never hits him in the head). This image shows the tube where the lightning bolt hit and fused the sand. This image about 9mm across. |
| © crocoite.com | Photo ID: 75780 View Count: 475 |
Lechatelierite (Var: Fulgurite) : SiO2 | |
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Great Sand Sea, Egypt 20.5 x 0.7 x 0.7 cm. A fulgurite is formed when lightning flashes into desert sand and literally melts the sand around the impact site into a glass cast following the shape of the electrical discharge. Obviously, large fulgurites, being thin-walled and elongated as they are, are fragile and hard to obtain. This is a fairly good-sized specimen, ... |
| © Rob Lavinsky | Photo ID: 224100 View Count: 62 |
Lechatelierite (Var: Fulgurite) : SiO2 | |
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Schloss Holte-Stukenbrock, Senne plateau, Gütersloh, Eastern Westphalia, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany field of view 10 cm variation fulgurite from Holte-Stukenbrook |
| © tho-thie@web.de | Photo ID: 39684 View Count: 2709 |
Lechatelierite (Var: Fulgurite) : SiO2 | |
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Libya Beautiful Exemple of Lechatelierite (Var: Fulgurite)Helicoidal. Size 9x3.5x2cm. Rafael Hernandes Corrêa-Silva Collection. Ex. Wilhelm Herr Collection. |
| © Brhounds | Photo ID: 77770 View Count: 299 |
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Agadez Department, Niger A nice example of lechatelierite (Var. fulgurite) found in the dunes of the Nigerien desert near Agadez. Acquired in 1996 in Niger. The tube measures 250 x 35 x 35 mm. Collection and photograph: Wolfgang Hampel. |
| © Wolfgang Hampel | Photo ID: 235165 View Count: 30 |
Lechatelierite (Var: Fulgurite) : SiO2 | |
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Butte Mine, Butte, Butte District, Silver Bow Co., Montana, USA This is a fulgarite caused by blasting underground. These were not rare in the Butte mines but few were saved. 2cm x 4cm. Rick Dalrymple Collection. Adrienne McElwain Photo. |
| © Rockpick Legend Co. | Photo ID: 254176 View Count: 15 |
Lechatelierite (Var: Fulgurite) : SiO2 | |
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Lexington Mine, Walkerville, Butte District, Silver Bow Co., Montana, USA This fulgarite was caused by underground blasting. 1.5cm x 4cm Rick Dalrymple Collection. Adrienne McElwain Photo. |
| © Rockpick Legend Co. | Photo ID: 254184 View Count: 19 |
Lechatelierite (Var: Fulgurite) : SiO2 | |
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Western Sahara Flugurute , 65x38 mm. |
| © M.Youssef | Photo ID: 149770 View Count: 122 |
Lechatelierite (Var: Fulgurite) : SiO2 | |
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Mahbés, Jdiriya, Es Semara Province, Western Sahara Petrified ray of the Desert with 10cm of length - May of 2006 |
| © Martins da Pedra | Photo ID: 62323 View Count: 402 |
Lechatelierite (Var: Fulgurite) : SiO2 | |
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Mahbés, Jdiriya, Es Semara Province, Western Sahara Fulgurite , 80x46 mm. |
| © 1 | Photo ID: 149771 View Count: 167 |
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