The Moeraki Boulders are large boulders lying along the Koekohe Beach on the Otago coast of New Zealand between Moeraki and Hampden. They are found alone or in clusters within a stretch of beach where they are protected in a scientific reserve. The boulders were formed in a process similar to how a pearl is formed. Sediment collected around fossils, wood, or bone fragments growing into these round shapes. The original mudstone seabed has been uplifted and erosion has released these massive boulders from within the cliffs.
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