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Redirect
edit"Rock" does not redirect here. I propose that someone edit that out. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.148.72.66 (talk) 13:34, 19 January 2008 (UTC) Dwayne The Rock Johnson — Preceding unsigned comment added by 164.113.223.78 (talk) 16:34, 17 December 2021 (UTC)
- "Rock (geology)" does direct here, and it's customary to give the article title in boldface in the lead sentence. The disambiguation term is awkward, though we could rephrase the lead sentence to make it immediately clear we're talking about a rock in geology. I'll do that. --Kent G. Budge (talk) 00:43, 18 December 2021 (UTC)
simple little stones
editI wanted to find out about simple little stones, the tiny things you see lying around on paths when you go for a walk, but simple little stones aren't discussed here even though stones redirect to this page, you seem only to be discussing rocks, not little stones. How are little stones formed? Could you please discuss little stones here too, or have a page about little stones. Thank you. 77.98.196.38 (talk) — Preceding undated comment added 07:24, 18 December 2021 (UTC)
- I'm a little late, but you appear to be looking for Cobble (geology) my dear IP address. I've added it to the linked pages for you ^_^--Licks-rocks (talk) 20:01, 16 April 2023 (UTC)
Small text size in "See also" section
editVsmith, why have you set the font size of the text in the "See also" section of this article to 90% of default text size (using the "small=yes" parameter in the "Div col" template)? Why not use default size? GeoWriter (talk) 16:31, 30 January 2022 (UTC)
- hmm ... I was going for columns and didn't even notice the smaller text size. Feel free to change it. Vsmith (talk) 18:50, 30 January 2022 (UTC)
- I have changed the text size to default. GeoWriter (talk) 14:22, 31 January 2022 (UTC)
Any chance of moving the article to stone to get rid of the ugly parenthetical disambiguator? --General Vicinity (talk) 09:07, 19 April 2022 (UTC)
- Not really. "Rock" is the term used almost universally in geology for the concept. --Kent G. Budge (talk) 13:57, 19 April 2022 (UTC)
- Nope. "Rock" is the proper term. Retired/former geologist here. That absurd disambig thing could be redone/tightened ...
Is ice a rock?
editI read recently that naturally occurring ice, like glacier ice, is considered a rock based on the definition. Glacier ice would be metamorphic and the snow is sedimentary(or something like that?). I didnt see anything in the article about it. I wondered if this is true, maybe other people disagree, and if that is worth addressing in the article or not really pertinent? Pythagimedes (talk) 21:02, 13 December 2024 (UTC)
- Geologist here, it's a bit of fooling around with semantics, but yes, technically correct. Ice (like in a glacier) is made up of a large number of individual ice crystals, and thus fits the definition of a rock. Anyway, we probably won't include this bit in the article because it's a bit out there as trivia go, but there you have it! --Licks-rocks (talk) 23:26, 13 December 2024 (UTC)
- 'A bit out there' - yes, but see also Geology_of_Pluto. Geopersona (talk) 06:54, 14 December 2024 (UTC)