How Giant Rock Balls Form! GEO GIRL
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Hope you guys enjoyed learning about giant rock concretions as much as I did! :D

Note: the mention of the agate & geode video is referring to a future video (I do not yet have a video about this on my channel yet, but I plan to make one!)

References:
Article on spherical carbonate concretion formation: https://phys.org/news/2018-05-formati...
Moqui marbles: https://www.livescience.com/47936-how...
More on moqui marbles: https://geology.utah.gov/map-pub/surv...

0:00 Where to Find Rock Balls
1:24 Valley of The Moon
2:04 Torysh Valley
2:36 What Are These Rock Balls?
4:30 How Do These Rock Balls Form?
9:16 Rock Balls vs. Geodes
10:26 How Rock Balls Grow Underground!
16:52 Fe Rock Balls in Utah
18:03 Martian Blueberries

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