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3-Billion Year Old Manufactured Spheroids?

It came to prominence via Cremo's book and then into the MOM.

I seem to remember it being dealt with by a South African geologist on a TV show and obviously JerryB's link is the definitive resource for this issue. Paul Heinrich is a veteran on various Usenet groups and is very knowledgable on various claims that come up a lot - his home page is:

www.intersurf.com/~chalcedony/wildside.shtml
 
Sorry...OT.

drjbrennan, I can't help but notice that your sig is the motto of my state: esse quam videri. I congratulate you on your taste!
 
Minor Drag said:
Sorry...OT.

drjbrennan, I can't help but notice that your sig is the motto of my state: esse quam videri. I congratulate you on your taste!
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North Carolina IIRC?
 
Some have a thin shell about a quarter inch thick, when broken open are filled with a strange spongy material that disintegrates into dust upon contact with air.
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Fossilised Malteasers?
 
Mad theory time! :D
You've all heard of panspermia?
Perhaps these spheres were sent out in all directions by some long-dead civilisation, in order to seed the universe with life? Perhaps the dust is some kind of spore?
 
Mythopoeika said:
Mad theory time! :D
You've all heard of panspermia?
Perhaps these spheres were sent out in all directions by some long-dead civilisation, in order to seed the universe with life? Perhaps the dust is some kind of spore?
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If life were to arise on Mars or Titan billions of years from now what would it make of the remains of our space probes?
 
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