Klerksdorp sphere

As Klerksdorp spheres (also: Klerksdorp spheres ) of the archaeological find of about 200 small spheres is called, the mines of the company Wonderstone Ltd.. originate near the South African Ottosdal. The bullets were found in large deposits of the mineral pyrophyllite. They are exhibited in the Klerksdorp Museum in the same city. Your age is estimated to be around three billion years. Because of their round shape, attested hardness and the fact that at least one of the Klerksdorp spheres is provided with three circumferential lines, they were referred to as artifacts since their discovery from different sides, which therefore long before humanity and non- natural origin need to be. Especially on popular science publications and tabloid journalism came the Klerksdorp spheres so to prominence. From a scientific perspective, this derivation is disputed. Critics see a natural origin in appearance, such as shape of the Klerksdorp spheres and therefore they expect the so-called pseudo- artifacts to.

Description

Klerksdorp balls consist of either hematite or wollastonite, which is mixed with small quantities of hematite or goethite. Such balls that are derived from unmodified pyrophyllite deposits should consist essentially of pyrite. The typical size is between one and four centimeters. Their shape varies from almost complete balls over flattened balls to more disc-shaped objects. Regarding the further appearance of two different types can be distinguished: Klerksdorp Some balls are blue with white spots and are made entirely of solid material. Other enclose a cavity, which is filled with a soft white substance. If broken the thin outer skin of these filled Klerksdorp spheres, the soft substance disintegrates into dust.

Artifact thesis

Representatives of the thesis that the Klerksdorp spheres must have been produced already three billion years ago by intelligent beings lead a supposedly near-perfect round shape of the objects as evidence. In addition, the balls should have such a high degree of hardness that a natural indentation of fine, parallel lines must be excluded. Furthermore, the balls should be balanced almost perfectly. So is the Öfternen the curator of the Klerksdorp Museum, Roelf Marx, quoted as saying that the balls are completely enigmatic and NASA have even admitted that they could produce such perfection balls most in weightlessness.

Pseudo artifact thesis

Critics of the claims of a non-natural origin of the objects argue that even awaken held for perfectly shaped specimens of the Klerksdorp spheres only from individual perspectives that impression. In fact, these are anything but round. Another point of criticism is the fact that the possible creation of legends on the numerous citations of a joke based source. In detail, there is a 1982 edition of the newspaper Weekly World News, which published regularly completely fictional reports, with some comedic - abstruse titles like " Devil escapes from hell ".