Sphere Stones

[Silver Surfer 199]

Probably not a mystery and awesome natural formative reason for it... anyway.. feel free to enlighten me. We have some spheres in little old NZ it seems.

Just thought id highlight that some more came out of the sea in the NZ 7.8 Kaikoura earthquake. 

https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/96105986/november-earthquake-uncovers-dinosaur-egg-boulders-in-kaikoura

And some already known about:

http://www.moerakiboulders.com/

 

[Windowpane 613]

6 hours ago, Silver Surfer said:

Probably not a mystery and awesome natural formative reason for it...

Many such spheres are concretions, found in sedimentary strata, as explained here and here.

[SpectateSwamp 9]

 

 

There are a handful of other round rocks in the area.

Costa Rica is know for their spheres

[cluey 938]

so they are just boulders..........

[odas 1,691]

Any chance that those are Boccia balls for giants?

Edited September 11, 2017 by odas

[Kismit 9,764]

On Sunday, August 27, 2017 at 7:13 PM, Silver Surfer said:

Probably not a mystery and awesome natural formative reason for it... anyway.. feel free to enlighten me. We have some spheres in little old NZ it seems.

Just thought id highlight that some more came out of the sea in the NZ 7.8 Kaikoura earthquake. 

https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/96105986/november-earthquake-uncovers-dinosaur-egg-boulders-in-kaikoura

And some already known about:

http://www.moerakiboulders.com/

 

It just so happens I spent 10 years working at Moeraki with it's boulders. 

The rocks are formed around a crystal structure. They start off small and the crystals grow, gathering a crust. Forming a natural round Rock. 

You have to have the right kind of volcanic materials in the ground, so Kiakoura would fit the bill.

[Windowpane 613]

On 8/27/2017 at 3:13 PM, Windowpane said:

Many such spheres are concretions, found in sedimentary strata, as explained here and here.

More on concretions.

[Jon the frog 638]

On 9/11/2017 at 3:30 PM, odas said:

Any chance that those are Boccia balls for giants?

No it's the giants fossilized balls !

[odas 1,691]

1 hour ago, Jon the frog said:

No it's the giants fossilized balls !

Man, this thread still on? 

[Windowpane 613]

29 minutes ago, odas said:

Man, this thread still on? 

Well: the point was that somthing new came up about concretions, just today, and I thought it might be of some relevance to this thread.

Mistaken comments and conclusions about concretions have been appearing in all sorts of forums for years.

[Captain Risky 4,462]

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