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Are_grits_groceries

(17,111 posts) Thu Aug 29, 2013, 09:50 AM Aug 2013

I have wanted to find one of these forever:

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This is an example of a fulgurite. They occur when lightning strikes sand and fuses it into glass. This is only one form it takes.

There is a lot of sand where I live, and I have searched at times with no luck.
...sigh....

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I have wanted to find one of these forever: (Original Post) Are_grits_groceries Aug 2013 OP

This message was self-deleted by its author guyton Aug 2013 #1

Thanks! Are_grits_groceries Aug 2013 #2

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Wow, it's beautiful! Jamastiene Aug 2013 #4

Maybe you could seed some high ground with metal rods? bhikkhu Aug 2013 #5

Take some pieces of half inch rebar panader0 Aug 2013 #6

another one for the cabinet of wonders, right alongside the mermaid skeleton MisterP Aug 2013 #7

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Are_grits_groceries

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2. Thanks!

Reply to guyton (Reply #1)

Thu Aug 29, 2013, 10:36 AM

Aug 2013

I posted a more realistic one.
I knew they weren't usually so grand. More fool me.
I have always looked for the more nondescript examples.

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Jamastiene

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4. Wow, it's beautiful!

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Thu Aug 29, 2013, 11:01 AM

Aug 2013

K&R

bhikkhu

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5. Maybe you could seed some high ground with metal rods?

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Thu Aug 29, 2013, 11:03 AM

Aug 2013

though that would be cheating a little bit...

panader0

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6. Take some pieces of half inch rebar

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Thu Aug 29, 2013, 11:05 AM

Aug 2013

four or five feet long, and drive them into the sand before a lightning storm.

MisterP

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7. another one for the cabinet of wonders, right alongside the mermaid skeleton

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Thu Aug 29, 2013, 01:53 PM

Aug 2013

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