More Riddles of the Ancients!

If at first I am smooth, I soon wear through.

A drop of oil can make me run.

I can be held in your hand, yet weigh a ton.

I can be broken, but never held.

What am I?

A river of thought, a sea of wonder, a mountain of...

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