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To: The Loan Arranger

When I was a kid I went with my grandfather to a place on the lake Huron shoreline in Canada. There were perfectly spherical rocks that were natural formations there.


31 posted on 03/04/2005 7:09:44 PM PST by cripplecreek (The crippled stool is the cadillac of poopin stools.)
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To: cripplecreek

Perfect spheroids are favored by any natural process that involves a great deal of surface energy. A sphere has the lowest ratio of surface area to volume, so the best way to minimize surface energy is form a sphere.


39 posted on 03/04/2005 7:19:53 PM PST by WFTR (Liberty isn't for cowards)
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Moqui marbles are also naturally occurring spheres, or so it is assumed, they are hematite surrounding compact sandstone.

Nobody is exactly sure how nature formed them but in the absence of other evidence, it is assumed they are natural.


52 posted on 03/04/2005 7:23:38 PM PST by Duke Nukum (King had to write, to sing the song of Gan. And I had to read. How else could Roland find the Tower?)
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To: cripplecreek

My Grandfather had a perfectly round rock. Created by a volcano. Thunder Ball or something.


208 posted on 06/08/2016 8:33:03 AM PDT by Dr. Bogus Pachysandra (Don't touch that thing Don't let anybody touch that thing!I'm a Doctor and I won't touch that thing!)
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