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DaveScott.v.2

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Aging Rocks
Submitted by DaveScott.v.2 on Mon, 02/04/2013 - 08:19.

Is there a method of dating rock samples that is possible from home or does it need to be professionally analyzed?

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It depends on where they
Mon, 02/04/2013 - 21:18

It depends on where they came from and if they contain fossils, otherwise a lab could approximate dates for igneous rocks, for example.

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You might also glean an idea
Thu, 02/07/2013 - 21:07

You might also glean an idea from a good geological map of the area. But the best you could hope for there is to get to a Stage, often not as precise as that.

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