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wolfie001

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2. I just recently learned that rock structures can be sourced to where the rock was harvested

Reply to Judi Lynn (Reply #1)

Mon Aug 18, 2025, 08:42 AM

Aug 18

Yes. This is fascinating. Everything has a story and a lineage. I guess it was the intermittent droughts that finished off the grand cities. A historical reminder of what threatens us. At the same time, tRUMP is threatening scientific institutions.
From 'Apocalypto'. Not a big Mel Gibson fan but this movie was quite fab. "Mayan blue":

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