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humans use rocks for many diffrent purposes for many centuries. the first tools were even made with rocks. today we see rocks in jeweleries, tombstones, roads, buildings, makeup , metals and many other things.

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they were used as tools. They were used as hammers and used to open things.

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We use them for things like tools, constructing buildings, and building houses. There are other ways, but I just listed a few.

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We use them for things like tools, constructing buildings, and building houses. There are other ways, but I just listed a few.

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