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fulgurite

metamorphic rock formed when lightning strikes sand, soil, sand, rock, organic debris
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Summary

fulgurite ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,956 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: metamorphic rock[2]
  • Commons category: Fulgurites[3]
  • Has part(s): fulgurite[4]
  • Commons gallery: Fulgurites[5]
  • Described by source: Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[6], Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[7]

Why It Matters

fulgurite has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[8] fulgurite is known by 30 alternative names across languages and contexts.[9]

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [8] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [9] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 20w ago · O Breixo · 2026-05-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Enciclopedia galega universal id → 128509
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Enciclopedia galega universal id: 128509"
  2. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has parts → —
    Subclass of → metamorphic rock
    Subclass of → —
    Has part(s) → fulgurite
    + 2 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|7 */ Yso id: 39144, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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