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Some facts about Rocks

October 22nd, 2009

Use them as projectiles or construction purposes, rocks and other rocky things do their job well. Here are a few nice facts about them.

-In case you didn’t knew the diamond was the hardest substance on earth, that’s why it’s worth so much..just kidding about the last part.

-The Quartz is the most common item on earth, more common then ROCKS, ok maybe not..

-The basalt type of rock is the most common rock on earth.

-The Jade, not as sturdy as the diamond but still pretty hard, was used by many cultures for different purposes.

-Rubies are even more popular the diamond nowadays.

-On Apollo 17, there was a  geologist who brought a bunch of samples from the moon, scientist have learned much about the moon’s composition etc, because of rocks.

-The biggest golden nugget weighted around 150 pounds , found in Australia.

-Platinum is so rare in a 1million pound ore, only 1% of that ore could be platinum.

-The Taj Mahal, one of the 7 wonders, made in 1632-1654, was all made out of marble.

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Ulio

  1. October 28th, 2009 at 14:15 | #1

    Aggregated diamond nanorods, which are created by human beings, are harder than diamonds. Diamonds themselves are the hardest naturally-occuring substances.

  2. February 23rd, 2010 at 18:37 | #2

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