Rocks Older than Mankind — Luray, Virginia

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Rocks Older than Mankind

Luray, Virginia

Historical Marker Database · Craig Swain

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The only tunnel on the Skyline Drive passes for 700 feet through Mary's Rock Mountain. It was blasted out of granite-like rock. Only 1,300,000,000 years ago this rock was still molten magma.

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Luray, Virginia · USA

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