Amazing facts that will rock your World !!!
1. Rocks are made up of a mix of minerals.
2. Graphite is a soft mineral used in pencils.
3. Volcanic eruptions can carry Diamonds to the Earth's surface from more than 60 miles (96 km) underground.
4. The brightly colored Opal is Australia's National Gemstone.
5. An Australian man found a 60-pound (27kg) Gold Nugget near a school using a metal detector.
6. Humans moved the Giant Bluestones used to build
2. Graphite is a soft mineral used in pencils.
3. Volcanic eruptions can carry Diamonds to the Earth's surface from more than 60 miles (96 km) underground.
4. The brightly colored Opal is Australia's National Gemstone.
5. An Australian man found a 60-pound (27kg) Gold Nugget near a school using a metal detector.
6. Humans moved the Giant Bluestones used to build
Stonehenge as far as 140 miles (225km) approximately 4,500 years old.
7. There are more than 4,000 known minerals.
8. Fluorite can glow under ultraviolet light.
9. A lighting strike can melt together Sand or Rock forming tube shaped fulgurities.
7. There are more than 4,000 known minerals.
8. Fluorite can glow under ultraviolet light.
9. A lighting strike can melt together Sand or Rock forming tube shaped fulgurities.
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10. Egypt's Pyramids at Giza and the Sphinx are made of Limestone, a rock that consists mostly of Calcite. That's a mineral formed by the remains of tiny Sea Creatures.
11. Ancient humans chipped away at flint to make Arrowheads and other sharp weapons and tools.
12. The name "Peter" comes from the Greek word for Stone or Rock.
13. The Hoba Meterorite weighs about 66 Tons (60 MT). The outer - space rock contains Minerals rarely found on Earth's surface.
14. The Chol Indians of Mexico believe Crystals have magical powers.
15. The characters on the Rosetta Stone, which helped decipher Egyptian hieroglyphs, are carved into granodiorite.
16. Natural ice formations, such as Icebergs and Icicles are considered minerals.
17. Standing 1,142 feet (348m) above the surrounding desert, Australia's largest rock, Uluru, was actually formed underwater.
