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3171. Geologic Core Sample

title text: If you drill at the right angle and time things perfectly, your core sample can include a section of a rival team's coring equipment.

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Single panel comic. Title: Typical Geological Core Sample A long cylinder with bands that have different textures and shades of grey. Starting from the top: top soil till granite bedrock bottom soil roof of subway car floor of subway car more granite (a partial chunk missing from the cylinder is labeled municipal water main) slightly different granite piece of screaming spelunkers forearm cool crystals with no resale value mangled fragments of drill bit from previous attempts some boring intrusive rock that's basically granite, but has a name like "diorite" or "andante" that you always have to look up netherrock Balrog wing a long segment with a break missing implying a large distance is continued and labeled granite topsoil cement floorboards carpet possession of a confused and angry homeowner in the other hemisphere