Mossy Feathers (She/They) ( @MossyFeathers@pawb.social ) English22•10 months agoFuck off. You can’t just say things like that without telling the class what the difference is.
Edit: it looks like the right one has white specks and the left one doesn’t? Can’t tell if the white specks are actually there or just image compression or different lighting though.
You are right, my bad. :) One is granite and the other one is granodiorite.
Granite is a rock with certain minerals in certain ratios: quartz, alkali feldspar(AF) and plagioclase(PL), where there is more AF than PL.(+accessory minerals of course but let’s keep it simple). Granodiorite has more PL than AF. For more information, look up the Streckeisen diagram, it’s a little scary at first but there are good explanations of it. :)
Sauce: https://www.reddit.com/r/Geologymemes/comments/1cqg1yb/how_identifying_rocks_feels_like_sometimes/
nxdefiant ( @nxdefiant@startrek.website ) English22•10 months ago“granodiorite” sounds exactly the kind of name someone who doesn’t want to admit it’s just granite would make up.
PlexSheep ( @PlexSheep@infosec.pub ) English4•10 months agoMinecraft taught me that diorite is also a stone, so maybe it’s when the two kinds of stones are mixed together?
ThotDragon ( @thoughtfuldragon@lemmy.blahaj.zone ) English16•10 months agoIn Minecraft that would be diorite but idk anything about IRL rocks.
JackGreenEarth ( @JackGreenEarth@lemm.ee ) English10•10 months agoOne of them is diorite!
ThotDragon ( @thoughtfuldragon@lemmy.blahaj.zone ) English10•10 months agoMinecraft taught me right after all!
TonyTonyChopper ( @TonyTonyChopper@mander.xyz ) English3•10 months agoThis YouTube channel has educational geology content presented in Minecraft
Owl ( @BuboScandiacus@mander.xyz ) English8•10 months ago PotatoesFall ( @PotatoesFall@discuss.tchncs.de ) English6•10 months agoI wish I knew geology, everything is just granite to me.
jol ( @jol@discuss.tchncs.de ) English2•4 months agoThe geology game “Minecraft” is a good entry to the topic.