fulgurite
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Also found in the altar trench was a sample of fulgurite or petrified lightning.
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- noun A slender, usually tubular body of glassy rock produced by lightning striking and then fusing dry sandy soil.
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- It was a fulgurite, Laura told him, sand fused the moment it was struck by lightning. — The Tenth Circle
- "The lab reported the explosive had been chemical - fulgurite-B, the name is." — Time Patrolman
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Also found in the altar trench was a sample of fulgurite or petrified lightning.
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It is not clear if the fulgurite was formed on the mountain-top or if it was brought to the site as a dedication to Zeus.
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- Latin fulgur, lightning; see fulgurate + -ite1.
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/ (fo͝olˈgyə-rītˌ, -gə-, fŭlˈ-)/
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