solid rock
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Whether the incoming object was a solid rock like the marble or a looser clump of dust, the boulders on the asteroid's surface shaped the incoming material into the distinctive fan patterns.
From Science Daily • Mar. 8, 2026
To get it out, he’ll need to extract the gold from veins hidden within solid rock.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 4, 2024
Extraction in Australia requires additional energy because the lithium ore, also known as spodumene, has to be mined and removed from solid rock.
From BBC • Sep. 25, 2024
There have been several supercontinental eras in the past; each were forged when tectonic plates—giant slabs of solid rock floating atop Earth’s mantle—thrust landmasses together like pieces of a jigsaw puzzle.
From Scientific American • Oct. 17, 2023
I had built my house on solid rock, all right.
From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez
