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Rocks

Igneous Rocks.

It is a feature of igneous rocks that they contain
randomly arranged interlocking crystals.
They do not contain fossils because the rock forms at a high temperature.
A living organism would be destroyed in these conditions
and could not form a fossil.

History

Basalt

Granite

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