Fulgurites
Location:
- Mauritania
- Atar
Found: 1997
Group:
- Impactite
Type:
- Non-impact Glass
Total known weight: Unknown
Fulgurites are not related to meteorite impact. They are useful for comparison with the impact glass. According to Wikipedia Fulgurites (from Latin fulgur 'lightning', and -ite), commonly called "fossilized lightning", are natural tubes, clumps, or masses of sintered, vitrified, and/or fused soil, sand, rock, organic debris and other sediments that sometimes form when lightning discharges into ground.
