Petrified Lightning - 1.94" Saharan Fulgurite pirate recovered from the Skull Creek

recovered from the Skull Creek Quarry in Colorado

As the manganese cools

OASISAMERICA (Ancient Ceramics)

050" crinoid fossil plate that dates to about 323

and Michael Collins on their journey from Earth to the Moon and back

Petrified Lightning - 1.94" Saharan Fulgurite pirate recovered from the Skull CreekAbove: Front of the Specimen Card. When lightning strikes dry sand, the intense heat melts and fuses the silica creating tubes of rough glass called fulgurites. The process happens quickly, often trapping molecules from the surrounding atmosphere inside the walls of the impact tube. These natural time capsules allow scientists to study the composition of ancient climates. This specimen is a 1. 94" fulgurite collected in the Sahara Desert. Originally