As noted above, I think the "alternates" are typos, generally from not-as-notable sources? From a quick basic survey of reputable sources (, and several rock/mineralogy sites online), fulgurite seems to be the preferred spelling. A citation to the alternative spelling would be nice, too. The way to deal with an alternate spelling is to mention it at the beginning of the article (" fulgurites (also fulgarite)") and create a redirect.To me, that also argues for the user of 'fulgurite' as the correct spelling, and other transcriptions as possibly erroneous? My 2c, of course. 'Fulgerite research' and 'fulgarite research' on the other hand both tend to turn up "personal" sites, or "vanity sites" written by laymen. 'Fulgurite research' generally returns scientific sites, mining sites, papers as top results. If we go with the Google test: try typing in 'fulgurite research' and varying the spelling of fulgurite.To me that seems relatively conclusive? Mgmirkin 19:00, 18 July 2007 (UTC) Are the variants widely used, or limited to mistakes or mis-transcription? Mgmirkin 18:46, 18 July 2007 (UTC) But the question of variant spellings is a valid one. I've always seen it spelled Fulgurite.Is there a way one should deal with varient spellings? IceDragon64 21:38, 25 June 2007 (UTC) "The Illustrated Encyclopedia of the Mineral Kingdom" by Dr Alan Wooley spells it Fulgarite. Though Chambers Dictionary spells it this way, other people spell it fulgarite- I would have- and fulgerite. Is there another name for Fulgerite. ?somethingTUBE or something like that? Anyone know? Should it be included in this article?- 66.30.84.242 16:05, 10 October 2006 (UTC) Somerut ( talk) 23:55, (UTC) Īt the Museum of Science in Boston there is a fulgurite that's pretty long. An example of the above sentence completed would be: "Petrified lightning was featured in the movie Sweet Home Alabama, where the lead male character 'Jake' attempts to manufacture fulgurite by placing metal poles into the sandy beach during a thunderstorm to channel the lightning into the ground." Though in that sentence, my preference would be for "in which the lead male character.". IceDragon64 21:38, 25 June 2007 (UTC) This still wouldn't be a complete sentence. I think a comma after Alabama would make it OK. It takes a couple of readings to make sense I would suggest a comma after "Alabama" "Petrified lightning featured in the movie Sweet Home Alabama where the lead male character 'Jake' attempts to manufacture fulgurite by placing metal poles into the sandy beach during a thunderstorm to channel the lightning into the ground" This is an invalid link, I removed it but placed it here in case anyone can fix it if possible.Īlso, does this next sentence sound right to anyone? I think it needs some grammatical cleanup. 16 corrections of relevant content affected by reversions on Feb 29, 2016.
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