WICHITA FALLS, Texas (AP) - Geology students at Midwestern State University in Wichita Falls have something new on campus to study: a salmon-colored, nearly 3-ton, 535-million-year old rock discovered on a trash site.
They’re calling it “The Rock.”
While the name might need work, the stone itself was welcomed last week by a small group of geology students, professors and administrators.
The Wichita Falls Times Record News reports (https://bit.ly/1F1dnqi ) that The Rock was discovered along with concrete debris after a recent rain.
One professor thinks the rock is made of Quanah granite and stems from an era when southern Oklahoma had active volcanoes.
Wichita Falls is about 150 miles northwest of Dallas.
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Information from: Wichita Falls Times Record News, https://www.timesrecordnews.com
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