City - Moeraki State - SOUTH ISLAND Country - New Zealand
About
Maori legend has it that these boulders are "kai hinaki" or food baskets washed ashore from the canoe Arai - uru, which was wrecked off the coast in ancient times on a voyage in search of Pounamu (greenstone).
Scientists believe these boulders at Moeraki Beach (NZ) consist mainly of carbonate of lime, silica, alumina and peroxide of iron. Formed around a central core of lime crystals some 60 million years ago they appear to have the power of attracting and consolidating the above ingredients from the adjacent soil and only become exposed due to foreshore erosion.
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