Yes Frank this was the one. I was lucky to be able to get some of these specimens and hope to be able to work them into a fulgurite display some time. There are groups for lightening survivors but not any "Lightening Festivals" or "Lightening Celebrations" that I am aware of that are begging for an exhibit.
Thanks for looking this site up and posting it. Elton ----- Original Message ---- > From: Frank Cressy <[email protected]> > To: MEM <[email protected]> > Cc: meteoritelist <[email protected]> > Sent: Mon, July 26, 2010 3:02:46 PM > Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Lightening glass was Question for Ted ? > > Hi Elton, > > I think you were probably referring to this. > > http://www.tektitesource.com/Exogenic%20Fulgurites.htm > > Cheers, > > Frank > > > ----- Original Message ---- > From: MEM <[email protected]> > To: Michael Fowler <[email protected]>; [email protected] > Sent: Mon, July 26, 2010 9:02:05 AM > Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Lightening glass was Question for Ted ? > > Yes , it could be a fulgurite but it remains difficult to reconstruct the > physics of what is described.. Being as a 4 time lightening survivor > myself, > which may account for some of my quirkiness, I see glass in my dreams. > > > Someone on this list a few years ago offred specimens of glass from a >lightening > > > strike which shot glass out of the hole left in a granite slab. The glass > draped over a bush and left long, stringy, taffy-like threads of black > glass. > > It is awesome material, especially knowing how it came to be. Not your >classic > > fulgurite. > > Also recently there was a NWA recovered which had small fragments apparently > embedded in a black glass on one side suggesting that a swarm of fragments > drafting the larger mass inside its slipstream. The swarm caught up to it > and > adhered to the fused pool of material on the downwind side of the stone. > What > > has become of that recovery? Anyone formally researching it? > > Elton > > ----- Original Message ---- > > From: Michael Fowler <[email protected]> > > Lightning strikes, which are especially common on mountain peaks, or other > >tree > > > >less high standing rock outcrops. > > > > Mike Fowler > > Chicago > > ebay-starsandrocks > > > > Can a volcano or earth quake squeeze surface rock so hard it causes it > > > to > > >bleed glass? And then throw it in the air with enough force to cause the >glass > > > >to form a dendritic pattern? On one side of the rock? The rock is white > >and > >looks like anorthosite. The surface of the rock is peach colored and > >ripled > >like regmalypts. The glass is black and shiny with some splatering and > >flattened and in some places encrusted with dirt when it landed while > >still > >melted. The glass looks like tar that was dropped onto the ground. I at >first > > >thought it was road tar mixed with rocks and dirt. But it doesntdisolve in > >gasoline or melt under a torch. It looks kind of like you took a white >sponge > > >and squeezed it to ooze out black shiny paint. The side that looks like > >regmalypts also has a few spots that look like zap pits. Any Idea what > >would > > >make glass dendrites? Have a great day Steve > > > > > > > > ______________________________________________ > > Visit the Archives at > >http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html > > Meteorite-list mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > > > ______________________________________________ > Visit the Archives at >http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html > Meteorite-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > > ______________________________________________ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
