A new Moeraki Boulder emerges from the mudstone cliffs of Moeraki beach. North Otago New Zealand

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The famous Moeraki boulders of North Otago in New Zealand are septarian concretions formed around 60 million years ago in mudstone of the early Tertiary period Erosion of the soft cliffs has exposed these spherical concretions

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Location: Moeraki, Otago, South Island, New Zealand
Photo credit: © 42pix / Alamy / Afripics
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