absolutely desperate to cradle a 4 billion year old rock in my hands and whisper sweet nothings to it while it whispers secrets to me

I cheated and said “Boulder area” haha, it’s the pedestrian bridge at the US 36&Broomfield transit stop ☺️

Been a decade or two since I got to whip out this masterpiece. thebestpageintheuniverse.net/c.cgi?u=irule

average plate motion is on the order of ~0.5 inch a year!

Related question, what viscosity do you think delineates a human’s ability to differentiate “rock” and “squishier than a rock”?

If in doubt wait. Give me a chance to convince you why #Perovskite is the best mineral in this match.
I have tenths, hundreds, thousands, infinity of arguments... as many as the combinations of elements that can be put into a #Perovskite structure.
Trust me. You won't regret it.