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To: bnelson44
"Some rocks exposed to the sun for a very long time turn dark."

Exactly which rocks would they be? Most rock does exactly the opposite. As the surface of a rock is exposed to oxygen and freeze-thaw cycles, it begins to crumble at a microscopic level, which causes it to appear to 'bleach.'

11 posted on 06/30/2006 8:37:03 AM PDT by editor-surveyor (Atheist and Fool are synonyms; Evolution is where fools hide from the sunrise)
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To: editor-surveyor
"Some rocks exposed to the sun for a very long time turn dark."


19 posted on 06/30/2006 8:49:33 AM PDT by Red Badger (Follow an IROC long enough and sooner or later you will wind up in a trailer park..........)
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