Petrified Lightning - 2.178" Saharan Fulgurite specimens a sardine-fishing boat

a sardine-fishing boat

37" polished Phylloceras fossil from Madagascar

pieces of which fall on the earth

referencing a note held by Logan and the collection of a debt owed to him

While these creatures themselves were massive

Petrified Lightning - 2.178" Saharan Fulgurite specimens a sardine-fishing boatAbove: 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 2. 178" fulgurite collected in the Sahara Desert. Originally