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Neil deGrasse Tyson
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haydenplanetarium.org/tyson/
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    Neil deGrasse Tyson‏Verified account @neiltyson 23 Oct 2016

    Astrophysics is my first love, but I do occasionally give a schist about geology.

    8:10 PM - 23 Oct 2016
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      2. Phil Plait‏Verified account @BadAstronomer 23 Oct 2016
        Replying to @neiltyson

        That's gneiss.

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      1. kylo r(am)en  🍜‏ @traceyfanclub 23 Oct 2016
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        bullschist

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      1. Jon Alper‏ @Jon_Alper 23 Oct 2016
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        I’m sure many interested in space echo that sediment.

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      1. Sunfell‏ @Sunfell 23 Oct 2016
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        Are you a gneiss guy?

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      1. The Cranky Tank‏ @MattFossen 23 Oct 2016
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        Rockin'!

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      2. Kyle‏ @EntroposHD 23 Oct 2016
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        I guess you could say it comes in arkose second

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      1. Matt Berry  ☘️‏ @mttbry 23 Oct 2016
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        What happened to you that made you the way that you are

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      2. Benjamin Lee‏ @bennirubber 23 Oct 2016
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        we're all just a buncha goop in a sac on a rock with water on it. Or more like water with rocks in it?

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      3. Dougie‏ @_dougmister 23 Oct 2016
        Replying to @bennirubber @nufrankz @neiltyson

        u had it right the 1st time ,water is roughly .02 of the earths mass 😁👍

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      4. Benjamin Lee‏ @bennirubber 24 Oct 2016
        Replying to @_dougmister @nufrankz @neiltyson

        Really? The depth of earth I thought was greater than the ocean. Upper & lower mantle etc aren't deeper?

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      5. Dougie‏ @_dougmister 24 Oct 2016
        Replying to @bennirubber @nufrankz @neiltyson

        Yip exactly , water covers over 70% of the surface but less than 1% of total mass 👍

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      1. Terrence 🎃is 💀da 👻BOOGIEman‏ @terrenceisdaman 23 Oct 2016
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        Gneiss

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      1. I am still THATguy SamNESTOR, the avantgardePIRATE‏ @thedesertape 23 Oct 2016
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        that is pretty gneiss!

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      1. spooky pipes‏ @nasaheaux 23 Oct 2016
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        of quartz 👌🏼

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      1. Daniel G‏ @dan_superman07 23 Oct 2016
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        geology can't be taken for granite

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      1. (((Andy Kegel)))‏ @ke7yxz 23 Oct 2016
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        ore do you sometimes take geology for granite?

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