A lightning bolt that struck a tree on Florida's west coast has produced a fascinating type of phosphorus material we haven't seen on Earth before: one that could represent a whole new mineral group, bridging the gap between space minerals and minerals...
bolt that struck a tree on Florida's west coast has produced a fascinating type of phosphorus material we haven't seen on Earth before: one that could represent a whole new mineral group, bridging the gap between space minerals and minerals found on Earth.
These 'fossilized lightning' fulgurites often occur when lightning strikes certain types of sand, silica, and rock. What's much less common is to find something so unique hidden inside one of these structures.
"Previous researchers indicate that lightning reduction of phosphate to have been a widespread phenomenon on the early Earth,""However, there is an environmental phosphite reservoir issue in Earth that these solid phosphite materials are hard to restore."
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