1.0Ireland News Beep | NewsBeep.comhttps://www.newsbeep.com/ieNEWSBEEPhttps://www.newsbeep.com/ie/author/newsbeep/The rocks at the very summit of Mount Everest are limestone formed on an ancient ocean floor, and fossils of trilobites, sea lilies, and tiny crustaceans have been found in samples collected just six metres below the top of the highest point on Earthrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="8t4udHZspn"><a href="https://www.newsbeep.com/ie/545213/">The rocks at the very summit of Mount Everest are limestone formed on an ancient ocean floor, and fossils of trilobites, sea lilies, and tiny crustaceans have been found in samples collected just six metres below the top of the highest point on Earth</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.newsbeep.com/ie/545213/embed/#?secret=8t4udHZspn" width="600" height="338" title="“The rocks at the very summit of Mount Everest are limestone formed on an ancient ocean floor, and fossils of trilobites, sea lilies, and tiny crustaceans have been found in samples collected just six metres below the top of the highest point on Earth” — Ireland News Beep | NewsBeep.com" data-secret="8t4udHZspn" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script>
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