This is a brief scientific version of the genesis of the world.
I don't know if any civilization on our planet will know these details.
Maybe they could see the past with divinations spells or visions.

The star system was formed between 5 or 6 billion years ago. It had 2 stars.

The star our planet is orbiting now, the main star is a G star class like the Sun. The other star was an A star class. This second star was larger and heavier. What we now call today the main star was the smallest partner of the binary system at that time. The stars were further apart than they are today.

About 3 or 4 billion year ago, the largest star exhausted her main source of energy and became a huge red giant. Very bright and very hot. At that time, most planets of the system where devoid of life.

In the end, it collapsed into a smaller white dwarf, thus creating a planetary nebula. The nebula lasted for about 10 000 years. At the highest point, the nebula probably increased the temperature of the planet of several thousand degrees, making the outer layer of crust melt. With time, it cooled down and the system became colder, colder that he’s never been. This allowed our planet and possibly others to develop life form. The nebula caused a large thermal and geologic cataclysm. Time made these scars disappear on most places. New planets where formed in the remnants of the star and the others received a second life. The 2nd planet still bears the scars of that cataclysm even after all these years. It’s surface appear all twisted et deformed like a ocean that had frozen in the middle of a tempest.

Our planet whas exposed to the nebula particles for almost 10 000 years.

Idea: This exposure led to an accumulation of energy on the planet surface. Today, the material that was once at the exposed surface is scattered everywhere. Some of the material is relatively easy to access at some places. In order to do something with it, it need to be processed and that requires a large quantities. The rare property of the material is said to be worth the effort.