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the ancient hard drive of Earth, recording four billion years one stubborn mineral at a time
means A solid mass of mineral matter forming part of the Earth's surface, or any large stone broken from it.
from From the Old English 'rocc' and Old French 'roque,' tracing back to a Late Latin 'rocca' of uncertain origin — the word itself is as mysterious as the deep time it names, with no agreed-upon parent. Curiously, the verb 'rock' (to sway) is a completely separate word, from Old English 'roccian,' so the stone that never moves and the cradle that always does are strangers sharing a spelling.
- oldest known
- Australian zircon crystals date back 4.4 billion years
- slow rain
- some space dust settles into seafloor rock as fine sediment
- living rock
- stromatolites are stone built by ancient bacteria
- weight
- a cubic meter of granite weighs over two tons
- recyclers
- the rock cycle melts and reforms stone endlessly
the rock — dwayne johnson, born 1972, highest-paid actor globally
rock and roll — music genre emerged 1950s memphis, elvis presley pioneer
rock of gibraltar — limestone promontory 426m high at strait between spain and morocco
uluru — giant sandstone monolith in australian outback, sacred to anangu people