Piezo electricity

[Holden Coalfield]

No, I mean what did they think of the light and spark generated from banging quartz together. I wonder what they thought that was. I wonder if there is any oral history or lore about it.

I don't really see anyway they could use it for anything, but it's a curiosity they must have seen any time they worked quartz

[Kentucky point]

By interpret, do you mean use? I'm sure that they figured out how to do it at some point, especially along the Eastern Seaboard where quartz is plentiful.

[Holden Coalfield]

I was banging some quartz together and got involved in making piezo sparks. Some quite bright.

How did native Americans interpret this? Do we know?