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stone

Rock; building material

EntityQ22731

Also known as rock

Subclass of: inorganic substance
, physical object
, building material

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In geology, a rock is any naturally occurring solid mass or aggregate of minerals or mineraloid matter. It is categorized by the minerals included, its chemical composition, and the way in which it is formed. Rocks form the Earth's outer solid layer, the crust, and most of its interior, except for the liquid outer core and pockets of magma in the asthenosphere. The study of rocks involves multiple subdisciplines of geology, including petrology and mineralogy. It may be limited to rocks found on Earth, or it may include planetary geology that studies the rocks of other celestial objects.

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Different from: stone
Has use: masonry
stone tool
stoning
dry landscape garden
gastrolith
stone throwing
Said to be the same as: Q113847390
OpenStreetMap tag: surface=stone

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34 identifiers linking stone across the web's reference databases

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AIDB. (2026). stone (Q22731). Retrieved from https://aidb.si/e/stone-Q22731