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To: central_va

By some accounts there is more water trapped in the mantel than there is above the crust.


17 posted on 05/15/2012 11:13:38 AM PDT by DarkWaters ("Deception is a state of mind --- and the mind of the state" --- James Jesus Angleton)
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To: DarkWaters

I believe that’s true.

Many, many minerals have a “hydrated” form where there are crystalline forms based mostly on the base mineral, but structurally bonded with water molecules.

Concrete is a good example. When you mix it, you use water, and it’s not diarrhea loose, but it’s pretty fluid.
As it sets, the water does not evaporate away, it gets bonded into the carbonate crystals.
Just like limestone.


37 posted on 05/15/2012 2:54:57 PM PDT by djf ("There are more old drunkards than old doctors." - Benjamin Franklin)
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