Lightning strikes in the Sandia Mountains, literally

Suspected stone fulgurite in arkosic limestone, ancient seabed deposit that makes up much of the surface layer of rock in the Sandia Mountains. Apparently blasted hole, black, glassy consistency. A reasonably strong magnetic anomaly was found in association with the feature, negative directly over the point of impact rising to positive around it. I’m about 95% certain of my assessment here, this local variety of limestone exhibits little, if any magnetism at the lowest altitudes but at…

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