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Well, depending on the thickness, porosity, and type of rock, some heat does transfer, through conduction, to the interior of the rock - but mostly it's the surface that heats up while the interior of the rock changes very little. Rocks are generally poor conductors, and good insulators, of heat. The more porous, and the less dense, a rock is, the better the insulator it is.

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