Ceraunia

/sɛˈrɔniə/ noun

A collective term for thunder stones or fossils believed by ancient people to be thunderbolts that fell from the sky.

From Greek 'keraunos' (thunderbolt) + '-ia' (condition, collection of). Ancient people called stone artifacts and fossils 'ceraunia' because they looked like objects that fell from storms.

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