GOGOTTES ARE EXCLUSIVELY FOUND IN FONTAINEBLEAU, FRANCE IN A SPECIFIC FORMATION WHICH DATES BACK TO THE OLIGOCENE PERIOD, AND IS 34-28 MILLION YEARS OLD.

THE GOGOTTES THEMSELVES FORMED BETWEEN 8000 - 5000 YEARS AGO.

 

GOGOTTES ARE FORMED FROM QUARTZ CRYSTALS AND CALCIUM CARBONATE.

THEY WERE PRODUCED WHEN SUPERHEATED WATER EXTRUDED THROUGH CREVICES INTO A BASIN OF EXTREMELY FINE WHITE SILICATE SAND.

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THE WATER WAS SATURATED WITH CALCIUM CARBONATE (LIMESTONE). THE SWIRLS AND EDDIES OF THE WATER WERE CAPTURED IN THE GRADUALLY CONCRETING STONE, FORMING THE MOST WONDERFUL NATURAL SCULPTURES.