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Fulgurite

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Schloss Holte-Stukenbrock, Senne plateau, Gütersloh, Eastern Westphalia, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
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A variety of Lechatelierite

Natural silica-rich glass formed by lightning striking and melting sands or bare rock (colour is therefore variable, depending on the chemical composition of these sands and rocks).
Lechatelierites/fulgurites form hollow tubes that are often irregular and branched.

Originally described from Senne plateau, Gütersloh, Eastern Westphalia, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.

Classification of Fulgurite

IMA status:Rejected
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Other Names for Fulgurite

Synonyms:
AstrapialithFulgaritePetrified Lightning
Other Languages:
German:Fulgarit
Fulgurit
Spanish:Fulgarita
Fulgurita

Other Information

Health Warning:No information on health risks for this material has been entered into the database. You should always treat mineral specimens with care.

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    Localities for Fulgurite

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    Australia
     
    • New South Wales
      • Rous Co.
    		Steve Sorrell collection
    • Western Australia
      • Pinjin Station
    Belgium
     
    Egypt
     
    Rob Lavinsky
    Germany
     
    • Lower Saxony
      • Celle
        • Sprakensehl
    • North Rhine-Westphalia
      • Eastern Westphalia
        • Gütersloh
    		Rocks & Min., Jan/Feb. 1980
    Th. Thieme collection
    • Saxony
    India
     
    • Tamil Nadu
      • Periyar District
    		Current Science 75 (8): 763 (1998)
    Japan
     
    • Hokkaido Island
    		http://cam.arts.usf.edu/McCollumPDF/16.VoltTrig.pdf.
    Libya
     
    Netherlands
     
    • Gelderland
      • Hattem
    		T.G. Nijland, J.C. Zwaan, D. Visser, J. Leloux - De mineralen van Nederland - 2007
      • Veluwe
    • Overijssel
      • Vasse
    		T.G. Nijland, J.C. Zwaan, D. Visser, J. Leloux - De mineralen van Nederland - 2007
    Russia
     
    • Northern Region
      • Karelia Republic
    		http://camb.demonhosting.co.uk/JConfAbs/6/PCM3.pdf.
    UK
     
    • England
      • Cheshire
    USA
     
    • Arizona
      • La Paz Co.
        • Plomosa Mts
          • Plomosa District
    • California
    		Jour. Geol., 54, no. 2, 117-122 (1946)
    • Connecticut
      • Hartford Co.
    		Lunar and Planetary Science XXXIV (2003)
    • Florida
      • Clay Co.
    • Massachusetts
      • Franklin Co.
    		Rocks & Min., Jan/Feb. 1980
    • Nebraska
    • New Jersey
      • Middlesex Co.
    		AmMin 10:152-155
    • New York
      • Oneida Co.
    • North Carolina
      • Dare Co.
    		Rocks & Min: Nov, 1945.
    • Oregon
      • Deschutes Co.
      • Douglas Co.
    		California Geology, Nov. 1986.
    • Pennsylvania
      • York Co.
    • South Carolina
      • Lexington Co.
    • Texas
    		Mineralogical Research Co. specimens.
    • West Virginia
      • Hampshire Co.
    • Wisconsin
      • Juneau Co.
    		Am Jour. of Science, 4th ser. vol. 7 no. 43, (July 1899)
    Western Sahara
     
    • Es Semara Province
      • Jdiriya
    		A. M. I. Martins collection
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