a glassy substance, usually tube-shaped, formed by fusion when sand, rock, etc. are struck by lightning
Origin of fulgurite
Classical Latin fulgur (see fulgurate) + -itefulgurite
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fulgurite
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A slender, usually tubular body of glassy rock produced by lightning striking and then fusing dry sandy soil.
Origin of fulgurite
Latin fulgur lightning ; see fulgurate . -ite 1THE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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A slender, usually tubular body of glassy rock produced by lightning striking and then fusing dry sandy soil.
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