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For example, it is estimated that there are 2,000–5,000 species of rocks and minerals in the earth's crust, generated from the hundred or so naturally occurring elements (Shipman et al.
Among the many highlights: Morningland, whose high priestess preaches that Christ will land a UFO "the size of Texas" in Long Beach, Calif.; Richard W. Noone, who says the Earth's crust will shift on May 5, 2000, turning oceans into "maelstroms of death"; and Meade Ministries, which believes the "world will soon be engulfed in a sticky white substance."
While Pompeii was incinerated by volcanic cinders, a minimum of 20 m (65 ft) of ash and mud swamped Herculaneum, hardening and covering the houses in a protective crust that kept upper stories and even some of the woodwork intact.
Will Willis accept the job proffered by Billy Bob Thornton to rocket to the incoming asteroid (the size of Texas), drill 800 feet beneath its crust, drop an A-bomb, and get the hell out of there?
Fuji-san last erupted in 1707, and today only an occasional puff of steam breaks through its crust, the fitful snore of a sleeping giant.