[Rockhounds] fulgurites

[Kreigh Tomaszewski]

Bob,

Go to where there has been a lot of cloud to ground lightning strikes 
and look for burned spots on the ground after the storm has passed. 
Your local TV station probably has storm track radar that maps 
lightning strikes.

Pay attention to the high spots. Sand dunes are good candidates. Look 
around places where something sticks out of the ground (like power 
poles, lone trees, rock spires). Think like an electron trying to 
escape the ground to the clouds.

Kreigh



On Monday, Sep 15, 2008, at 09:19 America/Detroit, ROBERT A SANTEE 
wrote:

> Hi can anybody give me any info how I can find fulgurites I just 
> started to collect them and I thought it would be great to look for 
> them.I live in New Jersey and I do not no if that would be a good area 
> to collect them any info would be great thanks bob.
>
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