Scientistsanalysed a sample from one of the standing stones taken in the 1950s
The sample is made up of sand-sized quartz grains cemented tightly together
Stonehenge may have lasted so long because of the unique geochemical composition of the standing stones, a new study suggests.
Geochemical analysis shows Stonehenge may have survived so long due to sand-sized quartz grains that are cemented tightly together by an interlocking mosaic of crystals
An international team of scientists analysedwafer-thin slices of a core sample from one of the great sandstone slabs, known as sarsens, under a microscope.
The 3.5-foot-long sample, called Philip’s Core, was extracted more than 60 years ago and only returned to Britain two years ago after being kept souvenir in the US for decades.
In 1958, Robert Phillips, a representative of the drilling company helping to restore Stonehenge, took the cylindrical core after it was drilled from one of Stonehenge’s…
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