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Well, actually there are rocks in London, if you know where to look...they're in the museums. Here are some examples:

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How about a giant fist carved out of a beautiful porphyritic granite in the British Museum?

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And, of course, the Rosetta Stone, carved from basalt(?).

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Lots of marble everywhere...

Of course, the British museums are some of the finest in the world, and the Natural History Museum was excellent...

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An astounding wall of Ichthyosaur specimens, and dinosaurs. Lots of dinosaurs!

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