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Flying Squid@lemmy.world to Mildly Interesting@lemmy.world · 10 months ago

The Poole Museum in the UK has a display behind glass of a rock donated to the museum by a young child.

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The Poole Museum in the UK has a display behind glass of a rock donated to the museum by a young child.

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Flying Squid@lemmy.world to Mildly Interesting@lemmy.world · 10 months ago
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More info: https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/bethans-rock

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    10 months ago

    I have been waiting for someone to come in here to tell us what kind of rock it is. No such luck so far.

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      10 months ago

      I believe it’s made of Bethanite

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        Well when you put it like that it makes perfect sense.

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      Hard to tell from the picture but I was wondering if it was some form of Serpentinite.

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      Silicon tretraoxide most likely, if it’s a terrestrial rock.

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