geology problems

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• MossyFeathers@pawb.social ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Fuck off. You can’t just say things like that without telling the class what the difference is.

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  • fossilesque@mander.xyz ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    You are right, my bad. :) One is granite and the other one is granodiorite.

    Granite is a rock with certain minerals in certain ratios: quartz, alkali feldspar(AF) and plagioclase(PL), where there is more AF than PL.(+accessory minerals of course but let’s keep it simple). Granodiorite has more PL than AF. For more information, look up the Streckeisen diagram, it’s a little scary at first but there are good explanations of it. :)

    Sauce: reddit.com/…/how_identifying_rocks_feels_like_som…

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    • nxdefiant@startrek.website ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      “granodiorite” sounds exactly the kind of name someone who doesn’t want to admit it’s just granite would make up.

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    • weariedfae@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Good ol’ grannies (granodiorite). They’re important and diagnostic 'round these parts. Migrated down from Canadia we reckon.

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• thoughtfuldragon@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  In Minecraft that would ve diorite but idk anything about IRL rocks.

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  • JackGreenEarth@lemm.ee ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    One of them is diorite!

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    • thoughtfuldragon@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Minecraft taught me right after all!

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  • kakes@sh.itjust.works ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    The other one is actually a scoop of Cookies 'n Cream ice cream.

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  • TonyTonyChopper@mander.xyz ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    This YouTube channel has educational geology content presented in Minecraft

    youtu.be/uMx63AJShLE

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• NorthWestWind@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  It’s dragon fruit

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• BuboScandiacus@mander.xyz ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

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• PotatoesFall@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I wish I knew geology, everything is just granite to me.

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  • jol@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    The geology game “Minecraft” is a good entry to the topic.

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  • NucleusAdumbens@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Well at least you don’t take it for granite

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• 10_0@lemmy.ml ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  One looks like a rock and the other looks like melted ice cream

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• affiliate@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  mmmm cookies and cream

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• NiPfi@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  We were allowed to use hydrochloric acid to help differentiate rocks that one time we had geology as a subject in geography class. Maybe that helps finding out the difference here?

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  • KISSmyOSFeddit@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    drips hydrochloric acid on finger
    it bubbles

    Yep, definitely limestone.

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• niktemadur@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  The ol’ switcheroo, eh?
  Like some sort of meme narrative/expectation parkour!

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