This is for Christine,who likes rocks,;-)
I'm always intrigued by their diversity in form texture and color. Incidently precious stones is not covered in this write.
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Stop to think of rocks, and be amazed at
how much we take them for granted
we don't often read or write about them

We all have seen cobblestone roads
and admire homes and buildings made of
stone,  always fascinating,especially castles

Many of us who love the ocean,enjoy
watching waves crash against the rocks
I used to pick muscles from beds that cling
to rocks off New Jerseys Atlantic coast

Climbing rocky mountains is a challenge
that some of us have been  fortunate to
have conquered

Most likely as children you  had a stone
collection,and many adults continue to
add to theirs,it is a favorite hobby

Our Creator used the rock to describe
His apostle Peter,whose name(petra)
means rock, and said "Upon this rock I
shall build my church"

Pope Benedict is visiting America this week,
and a point of interest many don't know is
that on the very scripture I quote above,
 in their opinion, gives the Catholic church
its legitimacy as God's true established church.

note: (I have no opinion one way or the other;-)

etw-2008

I thought I'd give a little info,I found online,   some which I hadn't known and it is quite enlightening.

"The three rock groups are igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic rocks. Anyone who wishes to collect rocks should become familiar with these three.
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The Earth is made of rock, from the tallest mountains to the floor of the deepest ocean. Thousands of different types of rocks and minerals have been found on Earth. Most rocks at the Earth's surface are formed from only eight elements (oxygen, silicon, aluminum, iron, magnesium, calcium, potassium, and sodium), but these elements are combined in a number of ways to make rocks that are very different.

Rocks are continually changing. Wind and water wear them down and carry bits of rock away; the tiny particles accumulate in a lake or ocean and harden into rock again. The oldest rock that has ever been found is more than 3.9 billion years old. The Earth itself is at least 4.5 billion years old, but rocks from the beginning of Earth's history have changed so much from their original form that they have become new kinds of rock. By studying how rocks form and change, scientists have built a solid understanding of the Earth we live on and its long history."

http://edtech.kennesaw.edu/web/rocks.html
http://www.rockhounds.com/

Earth day-4-22-08