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My kid asked me why some rocks are smooth and some are sharp, and it made me realize I don't just point at cool rocks anymore, I actually try to explain them.
I was looking at a piece of river-tumbled quartzite from Lake Michigan with him last weekend, and I caught myself talking about transport distance and hardness instead of just saying 'that's a neat one'.
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brown.wesley1mo ago
Ooh, shiny" was definitely the peak. I was at the beach with my nephew and started explaining wave action sorting by grain size instead of just helping him find the best skipping stone. Felt like I'd turned into a textbook.
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