How to Get a Fresh Piece of Rock Out of a Cliff

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The island of Palavic is off the southeast coast of Baffin Island, near a very isolated town called Kickitarovic. The lavas form these huge big cliffs that fall down into the sea. To actually sample the rocks is very difficult and quite dangerous because they're just in huge big cliffs. Lydia was able to climb and she managed to get a fresh piece of rock out of the cliffs. She cracked it open, looked inside and she found H2O but it wasn't liquid. It was locked inside what looked almost like glass.

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