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minus-squarebrisk@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up21·edit-21 year agoMaybe tektites? Natural glass formed when lightning meteorites strikes sand. I only remember the name because they share it with the jumpy spiders from Zelda
minus-squaretektite@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·edit-21 year agoWhen lightning strikes sand it creates fulgerites. Tektites are formed when meteorites strike.
minus-squarebrisk@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·1 year agoI am sorry for insulting your people
minus-squarethreelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 year agoHi! You included a link which is really difficult for mobile users to tap. Here is a much longer and more tappable link. I am not a bot, and this action was performed manually. I recall that there was a bot for this on Reddit. Does an equivalent exist on Lemmy yet?
minus-squarebrisk@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 year agoOh look there’s a whole Wikipedia page on it https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_glass Possibly an accidental byproduct of metal working
minus-squareHule@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoJules Verne wrote about this in one of his novels. The mysterious island, iirc.
minus-squareLeate_Wonceslace@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoI thought you were talking about tektites for a second.
Maybe tektites? Natural glass formed when
lightningmeteorites strikessand. I only remember the name because they share it with the jumpy spiders from ZeldaWhen lightning strikes sand it creates fulgerites.
Tektites are formed when meteorites strike.
I am sorry for insulting your people
Right. Now don’t do it again!
Hi! You included a link which is really difficult for mobile users to tap. Here is a much longer and more tappable link.
I am not a bot, and this action was performed manually. I recall that there was a bot for this on Reddit. Does an equivalent exist on Lemmy yet?
Oh look there’s a whole Wikipedia page on it
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_glass
Possibly an accidental byproduct of metal working
Jules Verne wrote about this in one of his novels. The mysterious island, iirc.
Ha, nice reference
I thought you were talking about tektites for a second.