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Fulgurite or lightning tube
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
Fulgurite or lightning tube, a tube of molten sand or rock formed by lightning. Here indicated as a 'thunderstone'. In the upper right the Latin name, in the upper left numbered: 27. Part of the seventh album with drawings of reptiles, amphibians and natural historical ensembles. The seventh of twelve albums with watercolours of animals, birds and plants known around 1600, made on commission of Emperor Rudolf II. With explanations in Dutch, Latin and French.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionSubjects
Credit lineFulguriet of bliksembuis. 1596 - 1610. Anselmus Boëtius de Boodt. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
