Source: Mostly
from the beaches of Florida where lightening strikes more than
any place on earth.
Chemical: SiO
(silicon from beach sand)
Crystal System: None
Formation: Forms
when lightening strikes the sand of the beach fusing the sand
into a tube of natural glass. After thunderstorms on the Florida
coasts beach combers find fulgurite in the sands.
Properties: Tube
formations and fused glass
 
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