FireTower@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 7 months agoWhat's the Oldest Thing You Own?message-squaremessage-square125fedilinkarrow-up1103arrow-down12
arrow-up1101arrow-down1message-squareWhat's the Oldest Thing You Own?FireTower@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 7 months agomessage-square125fedilink
minus-squareTheActualDevil@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·7 months agoAren’t most(all?) rocks billions of years old? Are we making new rocks?
minus-squareMonument@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·7 months agoWe are in areas of high volcanism! I was in Iceland a few months ago, and in some areas the rocks are only tens of years old. There are entire plains of lava flows that are only a few thousand years old. (Same for Hawaii, too.)
minus-squareEnzy@lemm.eelinkfedilinkSvenskaarrow-up2·7 months agoRocks can grow baby rocks that grow mini rocks.
Aren’t most(all?) rocks billions of years old? Are we making new rocks?
We are in areas of high volcanism!
I was in Iceland a few months ago, and in some areas the rocks are only tens of years old. There are entire plains of lava flows that are only a few thousand years old. (Same for Hawaii, too.)
Rocks can grow baby rocks that grow mini rocks.