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What can lightning turn sand into?

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A glass tube called a fulgurite

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A lightning strike can melt and fuse silica-rich sand into a glassy tube called a fulgurite.

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Fulgurite takes its name from the Latin word for lightning, fulgur. These glassy formations preserve evidence of a lightning strike.

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