FireTower@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 1 year agoWhat's the Oldest Thing You Own?message-squaremessage-square122fedilinkarrow-up1101arrow-down11
arrow-up1100arrow-down1message-squareWhat's the Oldest Thing You Own?FireTower@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 1 year agomessage-square122fedilink
minus-squareTheActualDevil@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoAren’t most(all?) rocks billions of years old? Are we making new rocks?
minus-squareEnzy@lemm.eelinkfedilinkSvenskaarrow-up2·1 year agoRocks can grow baby rocks that grow mini rocks.
minus-squareMonument@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year 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.)
Aren’t most(all?) rocks billions of years old? Are we making new rocks?
Rocks can grow baby rocks that grow mini 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.)