Rock Fulgurite (IMAGE)

University of Pennsylvania

Rock Fulgurite

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A rock fulgurite discovered on a rock outcropping in southern France revealed that lightning strikes alter quartz's crystal structure on the atomic level.

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University of Pennsylvania

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