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siltstone

sedimentary rock which has a grain size in the silt range (per ISO 14688 between 0.002 and 0.063 mm)
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siltstone

Summary

siltstone ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (366 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • silt is named after siltstone[2].
  • siltstone is a type of mudstone[3].
  • siltstone's Commons category is recorded as Siltstone[4].
  • siltstone's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Siltstone[5].
  • siltstone's equivalent class is recorded as http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_01000269[6].
  • siltstone's equivalent class is recorded as https://w3id.org/gso/1.0/rockmaterial/Siltstone[7].
  • siltstone's different from is recorded as aleurolite[8].

Body

Definition and Type

siltstone is a type of mudstone[3].

Origins

silt is named after siltstone[2].

Why It Matters

siltstone ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (366 views/month).[1] siltstone has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[9] siltstone is known by 34 alternative names across languages and contexts.[10]

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [9] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [10] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_siltstone_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{siltstone}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/siltstone}, note = {Accessed: 2026-04-10}}
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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. 7d ago · عُثمان · 2026-09-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → mudstone
    Mindat mineral id → 49448
    Equivalent class → http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_01000269, https://w3id.org/gso/1.0/rockmaterial/Siltstone
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P6263]]: 49448"
  2. 9d ago · عُثمان · 2026-09-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Named after → —
    Equivalent class → http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_01000269, https://w3id.org/gso/1.0/rockmaterial/Siltstone
    Local thumb → —
    Named after → silt
    + 9 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-statements-multiple-properties-update:0||2 */ Moving [[Property:P2888]] to [[Property:P1709]]"
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