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petrology

branch of geology that studies the origin, composition, distribution and structure of rocks
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Summary

petrology is a branch of geology[1]. petrology draws 819 Wikipedia views per month (branch of geology category, ranking #11 of 22).[2]

Key Facts

  • Instance of: academic discipline[3], field of study[4]
  • Subclass of: geology[5]
  • Commons category: Petrology[6]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Petrology[7]
  • Described by source: Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[8]
  • Partially coincident with: gemology[9]
  • Is the study of: rock[10]
  • Practiced by: petrologist[11]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[12]
  • P10203: 1906[13]

Why It Matters

petrology has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[14] petrology is known by 33 alternative names across languages and contexts.[15]

Related Entities

geology lithology Lunar Science Institute Viktor Goldschmidt

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . 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.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [14] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [15] ↑ . 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. 13w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → Abyqv
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  2. 17w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → h0007916-petrologie
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: h0007916-petrologie, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259493|batch #259493]]"
  3. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → —
    Great russian encyclopedia online id (2017) → 3136738
    Aliases → —
    Subclass of → geology
    + 12 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|9 */ Yso id: 6864, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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