"Klerksdorp sphere" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: Klerksdorp spheres [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ) Head templates: {{en-noun}} Klerksdorp sphere (plural Klerksdorp spheres)
  1. A small object, often spherical to disc-shaped, found in three-billion-year-old pyrophyllite deposits mined near Ottosdal in South Africa, and thought to have originated as concretions in ancient accumulated volcanic sediments or ash.
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