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re: Possible evidence spherules formed by water

Chris Vancil — 2/11/2004 10:10:06 PM (archived)

Volcanic Bean Stone (Pisolite)

It is also called fossil of raindrops, but it is not a fossil.
Clouds are developed at the time of volcanic eruptions. From those clouds, water drops fall and gather volcanic ashes around them to form these concentric balls.

http://www.kiseki-jp.com/english/stone-information/collection/collections/volcanic-bean.html

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• Possible evidence spherules formed by water - Buck Galaxy - 2/11/2004 7:00:12 PM
  • re: Possible evidence spherules formed by water - Marcia - 2/11/2004 11:41:06 PM
    • re: Oh my - BRFelix - 2/12/2004 12:41:41 AM
      • Is it possible the sulfer readings on the outcrop are entirely from martian dust and not the rock itself? - Buck Galaxy - 2/12/2004 1:30:46 AM
        • re: The sulfur is probably an intrinsic element of the light colored rock - BRFelix - 2/12/2004 3:34:49 AM
        • re: Sulfur - Marcia - 2/12/2004 3:13:50 AM
        • Then again, - Buck Galaxy - 2/12/2004 1:33:36 AM
    • re: Layers within spherules. - Marcia - 2/11/2004 11:47:53 PM
      • Ok, but.... - et - 2/12/2004 3:15:12 AM
        • Very perceptive - Gary - 2/12/2004 5:04:31 PM
          • Disagree. - Tony - 2/12/2004 6:04:26 PM
            • re: True et, Gary & Tony. The Code of Ethics in Science should be practiced. (n/t) - Marcia - 2/12/2004 7:28:40 PM
              • ....but never assumed.... :-) (n/t) - Tony - 2/12/2004 8:52:34 PM
                • re: Ah, but assuming often leads to the right answers . :) (n/t) - Marcia - 2/13/2004 1:30:35 AM
  • two sorts of spheres - JMS - 2/11/2004 11:26:31 PM
  • re: Possible evidence spherules formed by water - Chris Vancil - 2/11/2004 10:10:06 PM
    • AG on mars. - RobVG - 2/12/2004 12:26:22 AM
    • re: They look similar to those on Mars, - Marcia - 2/11/2004 11:07:42 PM
  • Wanna Straw... ? - Nick Hoffman - 2/11/2004 7:12:16 PM
    • Broken blueberries - LJ - 2/11/2004 9:44:50 PM