Triboluminescence

Rarity: Uncommon

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Notion

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Science and technology

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What Wikipedia says

Triboluminescence is a phenomenon in which light is generated when a material is mechanically pulled apart, ripped, scratched, crushed, or rubbed (see tribology).

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Image: Zátonyi Sándor, (ifj.) Fizped, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.