Fulgurite
E17988
From: Egypt | Nubia | Buhen
Curatorial Section: Egyptian
| Object Number | E17988 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Egypt | Nubia | Buhen |
| Locus | H74 | Chamber A |
| Section | Egyptian |
| Materials | Fulgurite |
| Description | Small fragment of fulgurite, a type of lechatelierite glass formed during a lightning strike. The fulgurite is hollow, black in color, and has a bubbly texture on the exterior, with a slight gold iridescence. |
| Height | 1.56 cm |
| Length | 2.68 cm |
| Width | 0.8 cm |
| Credit Line | The Eckley B. Coxe Jr. Expedition to Nubia, Buhen; D. Randall-MacIver and C. L. Wooley, 1910 |
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