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Re:Mysterious Stone Structure Discovered Beneath Sea of Galilee by abduhl on Wednesday April 10, 2013 @06:31PM (#5528663)
A 1 meter longest dimension boulder would probably weigh well over 500 pounds (conservatively). This size stone is not something you would use as ballast.
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Re:Mysterious Stone Structure Discovered Beneath Sea of Galilee by ChuckMcM on Wednesday April 10, 2013 @07:14PM (#5528842)
Hmm, that is a fair point. One cubic meter of basaltic rock is closer to 3 tons. There is a point where a rock is too big to be usefully used as ballast.
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