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[–] snoons@lemmy.ca 9 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Did you know, that the melting temperature of dry granite at ambient pressure is 1250 to 1260 Celsius; however, that temperature is significantly reduced in the presence of water, putting it down to 650 degrees Celsius at just a few kilobars of pressure!