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Mention one of the most famous boulders: Indy's
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Question: does a grain mean the same thing in geology as it does in Material science? If so, a grain 10 inches in diameter seems impossibly large! I would not expect to find this naturally (Neutron Stars, etc. notwithstanding).
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15:27, 21 October 2009 (UTC)reply
I also think that "grain size" for rock and boulder is not applicable in common language. May be for scientific use it is OK, but it is just funny to read in a lexicon... I corrected it. — Preceding
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17:37, 6 July 2015 (UTC)reply
'Clast size' is probably a better term, although I see that Wentworth's original 1922 paper also refers to 'fragments' or 'pieces'. However, 'grain size' is the term typically used for sediments or rocks.
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20:56, 6 July 2015 (UTC)reply
I founnd the statement that a boulder is a rock fragment with size greater than 25.6 cm (10.1 in) in diameter surprising though it apparently has a source - on looking back though, this started as 256mm / 10 inches which makes more sense - yet another example of the conversion template producing nonsense. Can it be fixed by someone familiar with these things?
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05:23, 23 March 2024 (UTC)reply