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An Exogenic Fulgurite Occurrence in Oswego, Oswego County, New York

When lightning strikes the earth’s surface and melts the materials it contacts, the remains are collectively known as fulgurites. Their classification has generally been limited to forms that include self-descriptive titles such as ground or soil fulgurites, sand fulgurites, rock fulgurites, and clay fulgurites (Galliot 1980; Petty 1936). All of these classes of fulgurites form at or below the surface of the ground. In 2004, Mohling published the first documentation of exogenic fulgurites produced from a lightning strike. This new class of fulgurites was described as liquefied materials resulting from a powerful lightning strike that were thrown into the atmosphere above the lightning’s point of impact and solidified in the air. This unusual occurrence is located in the Elko Hills of northeastern Nevada just south of the town of Elko. Here I document a second such occurrence, which was discovered in the city of Oswego, New York, on 2 August 2008. The information that follows should add further insight into the nature of this rare phenomenon.