FireTower@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 2 years agoWhat's the Oldest Thing You Own?message-squaremessage-square50fedilinkarrow-up173arrow-down12
arrow-up171arrow-down1message-squareWhat's the Oldest Thing You Own?FireTower@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 2 years agomessage-square50fedilink
minus-squaremorphballganon@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up30·2 years agoI own some rocks that are likely billions of years old
minus-squareClassy@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 years agoThat’s cool. I want to travel to the Canadian Northern islands someday and see the rocks there, which are likely that old. Some deposits on Michigan’s upper peninsula also date back to the Hadean, apparently.
minus-squareTheActualDevil@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 years agoAren’t most(all?) rocks billions of years old? Are we making new rocks?
minus-squareEnzy@lemm.eelinkfedilinkSvenskaarrow-up2·2 years agoRocks can grow baby rocks that grow mini rocks.
I own some rocks that are likely billions of years old
That’s cool. I want to travel to the Canadian Northern islands someday and see the rocks there, which are likely that old. Some deposits on Michigan’s upper peninsula also date back to the Hadean, apparently.
Aren’t most(all?) rocks billions of years old? Are we making new rocks?
Rocks can grow baby rocks that grow mini rocks.