Very nice ! That's <em>sublimation</em> . The solid snow proceeds directly
to the vapor state, without ever residing in the liquid state.
The reasoning which is in use when large, angular rocks are interpreted to have originated from the outcrop at the top of the hill is; Fossil succession
<h3>Fossil succession of rocks</h3>
The principle of fossil succession in characterized by the fact that fossil entities succeed one another upward through rock layers in a definite and determinable order.
On this note, any time period can be dated by its fossil content.
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-- The sample was a fluid.
-- It was a mixture or a suspension ... NOT a solution.