: an often tubular vitrified crust produced by the fusion of sand or rock by lightning
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the WebThat means the lightning strikes initiate a geological stopwatch the moment a fulgurite is created. Nikk Ogasa, Science | AAAS, 16 Dec. 2020 If the soil composition is right, something called a fulgurite can also be created — fused soil that looks like coral. Joaquin Palomino, San Francisco Chronicle, 26 Jan. 2018
Word History
Etymology
International Scientific Vocabulary, from Latin fulgur