Hoseki Natural Semi Precious Thunderbolt Thunderstone 200.5ct

The name derives from the ancient understanding that the object was found at a place where lightning had struck.The word based on the Latin world for thunderbolt refers to a tube formed when lightning strikes soil, silica, sand or even rock. These amazing structures sometimes referred to as "petrified lightning" or "lightning stones". It is believed that during thunderstorms they are hurled to the earth with lightning. In Scandinavia thunderstones were frequently worshiped as family gods.