# Piezoelectric ball lightning from quartz bedrock

> Still possible: Ball lightning produced by piezoelectric effects in quartz-bearing bedrock under stress.

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# Piezoelectric ball lightning from quartz bedrock

Ball lightning produced by piezoelectric effects in quartz-bearing bedrock under stress.

**Still possible** Answers **1** questionPublished0

## Where it stands

**Still possible** None pieces of evidence for, one against. It needs two reviews to be accepted.

## What it predicts

- Lights cluster over quartz-rich rock and coincide with crustal stress, such as local earthquakes.

## What would rule it out

- No relation between light positions and rock type or seismic activity in a monitored record.

## Evidence none for · 1 against

[Television crews' attempts to triangulate the lights never located them; the lights proved not to be where they…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/marfa-lights/evidence/EVD0DCKQ4SRZSK5/television-crews-attempts-to-triangulate-the-lights-never)

Speculative

AGAINST

## The questions it answers

[If some of the lights are natural, what produces them?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/marfa-lights/questions/QST0DCKKR8KK0DP/if-some-of-the-lights-are-natural-what-produces-them)

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Open4 answers, none ahead

## Cite it

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Mysteries Department. (2026). Piezoelectric ball lightning from quartz bedrock [Answer ANS0DCKMYQEPDRZ]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ANS0DCKMYQEPDRZ
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