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Cool Rocks

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Found this cool rock at lake Tahoe. It has 2 white rings around it that are so perfect I thought at first they were drawn. Now it lives in my Chia pet garden. Here's an additional pic.

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[–] usualsuspect191@lemmy.ca 4 points 7 months ago (1 children)

They aren't rings, but layers. There were likely many more cracks that filled and created other layers that later broke apart and eroded to form this rock.

[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Again,

if so it’s remarkable the junction of the cracks ended up right at the surface of the rock.