Hi, not to my knowledge. 

I see you are from uni. of Freiburg. Have you contacted Thomas Kenkmann ?

Regards

David

Hello David,

yeah of course. This is actually a major topic for my master thesis with Prof. Kenkmann. I am just inquiring if there is some literature on the matter.

thanks for the answer.

Houssam

Dear Houssam again,

in this abstract:

M. A. Pasek1, G. S. Collins2, E. A. Carter3, H. J. Melosh4 and Z. Atlas1.SHOCKED QUARTZ IN A FULGURITE. Abstract of the 73rd Annual Meteoritical Society Meeting (2010).

the authors reported on shocked quartz in a Fulgurite showing planar fractures and toasted quartz. The shocked quartz, however, lacks planar deformation features (PDFs) and shows no high pressure SiO2 polymorphs like coesite or stishovite.

In an earlier study, a Brasilien author reported on PDFs and high pressure SiO2 polymorphs in "lightning quartz", but I do not remember the title of the study and the results were never confirmed.

Best wishes

Elmar

Hallo Elmar,,

huge thanks for your answer. You were a great help.

Houssam

Dear Houssam,

there is another paper on possible shocked quartz grains produced by lightning recently published (Gieré et al. 2015. Lightning-induced shock lamellae in quartz). I feel that the results are not completely convincing (in particular the TEM analyses), but get your own idea. However, the reference list provides the most recent literature in this case. I attached the paper for your convenience (-:

Cheers,

Elmar

Dear Houssam,

I think Elmar's answer was quite comprehensive—the Gieré et al. (2015) paper should cover the most recent reference list. However, I recently stumbled over an abstract

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/273962975_Shocked_quartz_in_Sahara_fulgurite

by Martin Ende dealing with that topic, which later led to the Ende et al., 2012, European Journal of Mineralogy 24, pp. 499–507 paper also cited by Gieré et al. Maybe this is also of help to you.

Greetings from Berlin!

Chris

Conference Paper Shocked quartz in Sahara fulgurite

Thank you guys,

I appreciate your help deeply! I already have those papers though.

Thanks again and if you stumble upon other literature, please do not hesitate to contact me.

Houssam