chalk

soft, white, porous sedimentary rock
Product sedimentary_rock Q183670
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chalk

Summary

chalk is a sedimentary rock[1]. chalk draws 1,345 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 equivalent class is recorded as http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00002054[17].
  • chalk's equivalent class is recorded as https://w3id.org/gso/1.0/rockmaterial/Chalk[18].
  • chalk's different from is recorded as maiolica[19].
  • chalk's different from is recorded as Crete[20].
  • chalk's different from is recorded as lime[21].
  • chalk's 2022 Harmonized System Code is recorded as 2509[22].
  • chalk's 2022 Harmonized System Code is recorded as 250900[23].
  • chalk's P14950 is recorded as 225[24].

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Works and Contributions

Things named for chalk include Cretaceous[25], a period[26]; Late Cretaceous[27], a series[28]; and Early Cretaceous[29], a series[30].

Why It Matters

chalk draws 1,345 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.[31] chalk is known by 53 alternative names across languages and contexts.[32]

Entities named for chalk include Cretaceous[25], a period[26]; Late Cretaceous[27], a series[28]; and Early Cretaceous[29], a series[30].

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] ↑ . Environment Ontology. wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . Q141222183. wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . UN Comtrade Commodity Classifications. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . UN Comtrade Commodity Classifications. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [26] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [30] ↑ . 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. [31] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [32] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 1d ago · ZI Jony · 2026-10-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sitelink count → 88
    Wikipedia languages → ['af', 'anp', 'ar', 'as', 'az', 'ba', 'bat_smg', 'be', 'be_x_old', 'bg', 'br', '
    P14950 → 225
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P14950]]: 225"
  2. 12d ago · Empat Tilda · 2026-09-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Different from → maiolica, Crete, lime
    Equivalent class → http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00002054, https://w3id.org/gso/1.0/rockmaterial/Chalk
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P1889]]: [[Q250423]]"
  3. 29d ago · عُثمان · 2026-09-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Equivalent class → http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00002054, https://w3id.org/gso/1.0/rockmaterial/Chalk
    Exact match → —
    "/* wbeditentity-statements-multiple-properties-update:0||2 */ Moving [[Property:P2888]] to [[Property:P1709]]"
  4. 10w ago · Pierrotrgr · 2026-07-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Biblissima authority id → Q296845
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P11493]]: Q296845, Import ID Biblissima V3 ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/OR/a6710164cdc|details]])"
  5. 10w ago · Putnik · 2026-07-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija id → kreida-1
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P7666]]: kreida-1"
  6. 16w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0427194-krida-hornina
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P9322]]: 0427194-krida-hornina, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259493|batch #259493]]"
  7. 19w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → —
    Has use → art material
    Different from → maiolica, Crete, lime
    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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