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sandstone

type of sedimentary rock
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sandstone

Summary

sandstone ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,043 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • sandstone received the Rock of the Year[2].
  • sandstone is made of quartz[3].
  • sandstone is made of feldspar[4].
  • sandstone is made of mica[5].
  • sandstone is made of heavy mineral[6].
  • sandstone is made of bioclast[7].
  • sandstone is made of lithoclast[8].
  • sandstone is a type of psammite[9].
  • sandstone is a type of natural building material[10].
  • sandstone is a type of sedimentary rock[11].
  • sandstone's Commons category is recorded as Sandstone[12].
  • sandstone comprises gogotte[13].
  • sandstone's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Sandstone[14].
  • sandstone's Commons gallery is recorded as Sandstone[15].
  • sandstone's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[16].
  • sandstone's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[17].
  • sandstone's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[18].
  • sandstone's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 1[19].
  • sandstone's different from is recorded as Piaskowiec[20].
  • sandstone's exact match is recorded as http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00002055[21].
  • sandstone's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[22].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include psammite[9], natural building material[10], and sedimentary rock[11].

Use and Application

sandstone comprises gogotte[13].

Recognition

sandstone received the Rock of the Year[2].

Why It Matters

sandstone ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,043 views/month).[1] sandstone has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[23] sandstone is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.[24]

FAQs

What awards did sandstone receive?

Honors received include Rock of the Year[2].

Related Entities

Chersky Range Sivalik Hills Tibesti Mountains Vindhya Range

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  16. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [21] ↑ . Environment Ontology. Retrieved . raw.githubusercontent.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [23] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [24] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 3d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Made from material → quartz, feldspar, mica +3
    Award received → Rock of the Year
    Topic's main category → Category:Sandstone
    Aliases → —
    + 9 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|7 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 15288, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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