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Earth's oldest paperwork, filed in stone, read by anyone patient enough.
means Naturally occurring solid masses of mineral matter — the planet's structural building blocks.
from From Old French roque and Medieval Latin rocca, meaning a stony crag or cliff.
Three familiesIgneous, sedimentary, metamorphic — fire, sediment, pressure.
On the rocksWhiskey term borrowed from literal chilled stones.
Oldest knownZircon crystals date back 4.4 billion years.