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Subject How did these hexagon shaped rocks form?

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"Some 50 to 60 million years ago,[3] during the Paleogene period, Antrim was subject to intense volcanic activity, when highly fluid molten basalt intruded through chalk beds to form an extensive lava plateau. As the lava cooled rapidly, contraction occurred. While contraction in the vertical direction reduced the flow thickness (without fracturing), horizontal contraction could only be accommodated by cracking throughout the flow. The size of the columns is primarily determined by the speed at which lava from a volcanic eruption cools[4]. The extensive fracture network produced the distinctive columns seen today. The basalts were originally part of a great volcanic plateau called the Thulean Plateau which formed during the Paleogene period.[5]"

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giant%27s_Causeway

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"Basalt columns are a common volcanic feature, and they occur on many scales (because faster cooling produces smaller columns). Similar sites include: the Prismas Basálticos in Hidalgo, Mexico, Fingal's Cave and the 'Kilt Rock' on Skye in Scotland, Svartifoss in Iceland, Jusangjeolli in South Korea, the Garni gorge in Armenia, the Cyclopean Isles near Sicily, Devils Postpile National Monument in California, Devils Tower National Monument in Wyoming, the Organ Pipes National Park just outside of Melbourne, Australia, the "Organ Pipes" formation on Mount Cargill in New Zealand, the "Rocha dos Bordões" formation in Flores, the Azores, near Twyfelfontein in Namibia, Gành &#272;á &#272;&#297;a in Vietnam,[13] Cape Stolbchatiy in Russia, and on St. Mary's Islands on the west coast of India."

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My note:

Last year I started dreaming about rock formations like this. Part of my dreams were taking hexagon 'columns' and slicing them into paving stones, plates for roofing.

Full "columns" were being laid like logs in a log cabin, building walls, steps and retaining walls.

In my dreams I was in some semi-tropical place, building a structure (A large house or temple). Very vivid dreams.
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Original Message This strange rock formation found in Northern Ireland is known as The Giant's Causeway. It's believed that these volcanic rocks became *naturally* hexagonally shaped when water began to cool them millions of years ago.

They look too man-made to me:

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