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oolite

sedimentary rock formed from ooids
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oolite

Summary

oolite ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,154 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • oolite is a type of sedimentary rock[2].
  • oolite's Commons category is recorded as Oolite[3].
  • oolite's described by source is recorded as New Encyclopedic Dictionary[4].
  • oolite's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[5].

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Definition and Type

oolite is a type of sedimentary rock[2].

Why It Matters

oolite ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,154 views/month).[1] oolite has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[6] oolite is known by 25 alternative names across languages and contexts.[7]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [6] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [7] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). oolite. Retrieved October 4, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/oolite
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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_oolite_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{oolite}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/oolite}, note = {Accessed: 2026-10-04}}
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  1. 20d ago · Bencemac · 2026-09-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Game mode → —
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ [[Property:P404]]: [[Q208850]]"
  2. 10w ago · Putnik · 2026-07-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija id → oolitai
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P7666]]: oolitai"
  3. 18w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Game mode → —
    Great russian encyclopedia online id (2017) → 2689969
    Subclass of → —
    Aliases → —
    + 2 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|2 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007545901705171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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