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Zircon is the oldest mineral on earth. It has been proposed that some metamict zircon we have discovered is older than the moon. Makes perfect sense to me.
Keeper stone: Zircon has been called "Earth's timekeeper" (= riddle of keeper stone) I am many: some gemologists classify zircons into three types—high, intermediate, and low I am one: only one (head) name Zircon before our fall in Eden: Earth history, including its earliest evolution, the oldest sediments about future: maybe the point of technical development ....
So...it's not zircon, it's not opal, it's not amber, it's not corundum or ruby, it's not pyrite, and it's not a polycrystalline mineral.
Steinfroilein: in the context of my riddle, the stone is indeed seen as the keeper of past and future. But why?
Let me tell you that, just like in my previous riddle ('riddle of the obscure gem'), there are riddles inside the riddle. In my previous riddle, you first had to find out who was "the lady in blue", otherwise you had no chance of guessing the mineral's identity.
Here, the riddle is actually made of two small riddles, once you find out what each is refering to, you should immediately guess the related mineral.
you should ask yourself what is the riddle talking about...
Someone my reply got lost. I certainly was asking that. Coral is a colony stone (so both many and one). From a quick look on the internet: The geological record indicates that ancestors of modern coral reef ecosystems were formed at least 240 million years ago. The coral reefs existing today began growing as early as 50 million years ago. Most established coral reefs are between 5,000 and 10,000 years old. Hence the age, "dragging the past" . am one, keeping future into a cycle. A single coral is made up of the cycle of life.
So I don't think coral is that bad a guess - and I certainly was asking what the riddle was talking about.
I certainly was asking what the riddle was talking about
I know, my comment was addressed to all (i.e. not specifically in response to your answer): what is the first part of the riddle possibly talking about? what is the second part of the riddle possibly talking about? Each of these two riddles can be answered by a single word (once you find those two words, you'll know what the mineral is).
It's not lapis Lazuli, or Angel aura or danburite or mystic topaz or calcite or agate or pearl or fossil.
Hint: Again, my riddle is made of two sentences, each being a little riddle on its own. Each illustrate a very simple thing. Once you find out those two keywords, you will certainly guess what the stone is. Simply ask yourself what each sentence is describing.
Seriously, I shouldn't have been telling you that much about it because I know you are all able to find out by yourselves, it's almost child's play.
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