C7727 was hewn from a fine-grained basalt known as hawaiite. The stone is unique to the Hawaiian island Kaho'olawe, located some 2,500 miles (4,000 kilometers) to the northwest of Napuka—a distance roughly the size of Western Europe.
Might have been carried there by a swallow.
7 posted on 09/27/2007 3:55:19 PM PDT by OSHA
(Liberals will lick the boot on their necks if they think the other boot is on yours and mine.)