chalk

soft, white, porous sedimentary rock
Product sedimentary_rock Q183670
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chalk

Summary

chalk is a sedimentary rock[1]. chalk draws 362 Wikipedia views per month (sedimentary_rock category, ranking #1 of 1).[2]

Key Facts

  • chalk's instance of is recorded as sedimentary rock[3].
  • chalk is a type of limestone[4].
  • chalk is used for art material[5].
  • chalk's Commons category is recorded as Chalk[6].
  • chalk's color is recorded as white[7].
  • chalk's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Chalk[8].
  • chalk's Commons gallery is recorded as Chalk[9].
  • chalk's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[10].
  • chalk's described by source is recorded as New Encyclopedic Dictionary[11].
  • chalk's described by source is recorded as Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language[12].
  • chalk's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[13].
  • chalk's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[14].
  • chalk's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 5[15].
  • chalk's described by source is recorded as Pauly–Wissowa[16].
  • chalk's different from is recorded as maiolica[17].
  • chalk's exact match is recorded as http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00002054[18].
  • chalk's 2022 Harmonized System Code is recorded as 2509[19].
  • chalk's 2022 Harmonized System Code is recorded as 250900[20].

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Works and Contributions

Things named for chalk include Cretaceous[21], a period[22]; Late Cretaceous[23], a series[24]; and Early Cretaceous[25], a series[26].

Why It Matters

chalk draws 362 Wikipedia views per month (sedimentary_rock category, ranking #1 of 1).[2] chalk has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[27] chalk is known by 25 alternative names across languages and contexts.[28]

Entities named for chalk include Cretaceous[21], a period[22]; Late Cretaceous[23], a series[24]; and Early Cretaceous[25], a series[26].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . encyklopedia.pwn.pl. encyklopedia.pwn.pl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . Environment Ontology. wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . UN Comtrade Commodity Classifications. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . UN Comtrade Commodity Classifications. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [21] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [23] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [25] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [22] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [24] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [26] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [27] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [28] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 3d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of
    Has use art material
    Different from maiolica
    Aliases
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|7 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 13085, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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