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fulgurite
fulgurite (ˈfʌlgjʊəraɪt) [f. L. fulgur lightning + -ite.] 1. Geol. (See quot. 1865.) Also written (less correctly) fulgorite.1834 M. Somerville Connex. Phys. Sc. xxvii. (1835) 312 Dr. Fiedler exhibited several of these fulgorites in London..dug out of the sandy plains of Silesia and Eastern Prussia....
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Fulgurite
reported fulgurite mass ever recovered and described: its largest section extending approximately 16 ft (4.88 m) in length by 1 ft in diameter (30 cm) Peck, A Fulgurite from South Amboy, New Jersey, American Mineralogist, Volume 10, pages 152–155, 1925
Vladimir A.
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fulgurity
† fulˈgurity Obs.—0 (See quots.)1623 Cockeram, Fulguritie, lightening. [In eds. 1631–2 printed Fulgurite, in 1637–9 Fulgurie.] 1721 Bailey, Fulgurity, Shining, Glistering.
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Lechatelierite
The result is an irregular, branching, often foamy hollow tube of silica glass called a fulgurite.
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What Really Happens When Lightning Strikes Sand
Incredibly, lightning can and does in fact create something amazing when it hits sand, but the conditions have to be perfect. When it hits a sandy beach high in silica or quartz and the temperature goes beyond 1800 degrees Celsius, the lighting can fuse the sand into silica glass.The blast of a billion Joules radiates through the ground making fulgurite — hollow, glass-lined tubes with a ...
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Agimat
round or triangular golden pendant accompanying a necklace or a necklace-like item, it is also depicted as an enchanted stone that came from the sky or a fulgurite
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lightning
▪ I. lightning, n. (ˈlaɪtnɪŋ) Also 4–5 liȝtnynge, 4, 6 lyghtnyng, 5–6 lightnyng, lyght(e)nynge, lyt(e)nynge, (5 litynnynge, 6 lyghteling), 6–8 lightening, 7–8 light'ning. [Special use of lightening vbl. n.2; now differentiated in spelling.] 1. The visible discharge of electricity between one group o...
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Vitrified sand
There are several natural processes that produce more or less melted sand and one man-made form:
fulgurite is sand fused by a lightning bolt hitting
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James Hoch (poet)
vol. 9, no. 1
"James Hoch", Fishouse
"Night Crabbing", Blackbird, Fall 2005
"Soft Shells"; "Amorphophallus titanum, The Corpse Flower"; "The Color"; "Fulgurite
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Mount Thielsen
The spire-like shape of Thielsen attracts lightning strikes and creates fulgurite, an unusual mineral. Their intended destinations included Thielsen, which was climbed and sampled for its fulgurite variant.
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عيدان الصواعق
Peck, A Fulgurite from South Amboy, New Jersey, American Mineralogist, Volume 10, pages 152-155, 1925
Vladimir A. Yale Bulletin and Calendar Yale's Peabody Museum of Natural History displays the longest known preserved fulgurite.
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闪电熔岩
闪电熔岩(英语:fulgurite),又译作雷击石,是天然造成的玻璃长管。当闪电击中泥土或沙,就可能令它们瞬间融化,然后又凝固,便会形成天然的石英玻璃。形状多是长条状,和闪电的路径相近。
闪电熔岩长可达数米。颜色由形成的泥土和沙决定,有黑色、绿色、白色等。
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Paleolightning
The approximate age of the fulgurite was determined using thermoluminescence (TL). Given that the formation of fulgurite generally takes only about one second, and the process involved in the creation of fulgurite involves several chemical
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Lichtenberg figure
Branching root-shaped "fulgurite" mineral deposits may also be created as sand and soil is fused into glassy tubes by the intense heat of the current.
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Desert glass
Libyan desert glass, in Egypt and Libya
Atacama desert glass, in Chile
Edeowie glass, in South Australia
Darwin glass, in West Coast, Tasmania
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