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fulgurite

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ful·gu·rite  (flgy-rt, -g-, fl-)
n.
A slender, usually tubular body of glassy rock produced by lightning striking and then fusing dry sandy soil.
[Latin fulgur, lightning; see fulgurate + -ite.]
fulgurite [ˈfʌlgjʊˌraɪt]
n
(Earth Sciences / Minerals) a tube of glassy mineral matter found in sand and rock, formed by the action of lightning
[from Latin fulgur lightning]
fulgurite  (flgy-rt, -g-)
A slender, usually tubular body of glassy rock produced by lightning striking and then fusing dry sandy soil.
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Beudant [11] succeeded in making tubes, in most respects similar to these fulgurites, by passing very strong shocks of galvanism through finely-powdered glass: when salt was added, so as to increase its fusibility, the tubes were larger in every dimension, They failed both with powdered felspar and quartz.
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