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NEWS
Era: Paleozoic
Period: Lower Ordovician
Stage: Tremadocian(485,4 - 477,7 Ma)
Location: Djbel Bouzeroual, Zagora (Morocco)
Fulgurite
Provenance: Sahara Desert (Algeria)
Fulgurites, composed of lechatelierite, are the result of an atmospheric lightning strike on a sandy terrain whose temperature reaches 4,000 degrees Celsius, causing the silica grains to melt and become crystallized in the form of twisted or branched tubes.
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