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Is that possible? Why would that happen humanly and scientificly? I would like to see pictures of naturally made glass from sand. Can anyone give me any information and/or pictures, please!?

Thanks ya’ll…I’m a curious person so questions like these are asked by people like myself.

Since sand is a crystalline (granulated) form of silicon dioxide, and glass is a cooled down liquid form of silicon dioxide…it would make sense!

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1. back2skewl Says:
   November 28th, 2009 at 11:34 pm

   Yes quite a few of hte Oilwells burned in Kuwait, and it was hot enough to turn the sand to glass around them… Have you ever seen the move Sweet Home Alabama, it has piece in the movie where the Main Character uses lightening rods in the to make Glass Sculptures from lightening strikes, it was rather kewl looking…you may be able to google it and ask about lighteningh strikes in sand?? or something like that
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2. dawn Says:
   November 28th, 2009 at 11:41 pm

   it’s probably true. when lightening strikes sand it creates a glass flame. very cool looking.
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3. jacintamusiclover Says:
   November 29th, 2009 at 12:25 am

   It’s true, but the temperature needs to be massively hot! The sand-to-glass thing is described in the movie ‘Sweet Home Alabama’ (with Reese Witherspoon), although the glass in that case was made by lightening. It’s not the prettiest looking thing (unlike what the movie makes you think) but it’s still pretty cool!
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4. LuvtheElves Says:
   November 29th, 2009 at 12:43 am

   Sure it’s possible. All glass starts as fine sand and then it is melted and made into stuff. Huge fires like burning oil fields generate massive amounts of heat and could surely melt sand into glass.
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5. here to help Says:
   November 29th, 2009 at 1:17 am

   its possible. try googling it. you might already have glass made from sand. but i think that its more expensive
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6. D M 9 Says:
   November 29th, 2009 at 1:42 am

   actualy sand has been turned into glass many times by humans and by nature. when testing nukes they glassed over a large section of desert. (now raioactive glass). sand also will turn to glass when heated from metiorites hitting sand. also some other glass is made by volcanic activity, obsidian.
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7. tlove6666 Says:
   November 29th, 2009 at 2:06 am

   glass is made from sand, the glasses you drink from used to be sand,,,,,,sand at extremely high temperatures, turns into a liquid…glass.
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