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A Valley in Kazakhstan Home to Countless Massive Stone Spheres

Ivan PetricevicbyIvan Petricevic
April 19, 2019 - Updated on January 22, 2024
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The Torysh Valley in Kazakhstan is home to a unique landscape. Scattered across the surface are countless stone spheres of different sizes. It’s as if in the distant past, it rained massive spheres from the heavens. The unique Kazakhstani spheres are found in the southwestern part of the country amidst mountains, valleys, deserts, and tundra.

Image Credit: Pinterest.
Image Credit: Pinterest.

Kazakhstan’s Massive Stone Spheres

The spheres are believed to be more than 150 million years old, and they are unusual not only because of their age but by their shape and impressive size. Some of the Spheres are as large as a car, while some spheres are only a few centimeters in diameter.

How they came into existence is also exciting and is the result of scientific facts mixed with folklore or even legends. Scientists say the region is home to a geological wonder and that the spheres most likely date back from the Jurassic to the early Cretaceous period, between 180 and 120 million years. Furthermore, the stone spheres are thought to be composed of silicate or carbon cement.

Image Credit: https://kazakhstan.orexca.com/mangyshlak_tour4.shtml.
Image Credit: https://kazakhstan.orexca.com/mangyshlak_tour4.shtml.

All over the place

The researchers that traveled to Kazakhstan to study the spheres believe they result from massive concretions. However, alternative researchers hold that these massive stone spheres are the ancestors of more recent spheres discovered in Costa Rica, Bosnia, and Herzegovina. Those who believe they are not naturally made argue the massive stone spheres of Kazakhstan result from long-lost civilizations that existed on Earth before written history. But the truth is that the valley of spheres is poorly reached.

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What made the stone spheres?

Nonetheless, there could be various geological explanations ranging from megaspherulites – crystalline balls created in volcanic ash and then exposed by weathering – to cannonball concretions – a process where an area’s sediment tends to accumulate around a more rigid core. In addition, some argue that the speeches result from a process called spheroidal weathering, where conditions are perfect for eroding rocks, giving them a spherical form. However, since not all the enigmatic valley spheres are the same size, researchers believe the stone ‘balls’ are most likely the result of megaspherulites.


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Ivan Petricevic

Ivan Petricevic

I've been writing passionately about ancient civilizations, history, alien life, and various other subjects for more than eight years. You may have seen me appear on Discovery Channel's What On Earth series, History Channel's Ancient Aliens, and Gaia's Ancient Civilizations among others.

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