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What is the most delicious rock? (lemmy.ca)

submitted 5 days ago by hperrin@lemmy.ca to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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I was discussing this with some friends yesterday, and we’ve basically narrowed it down to three contenders. In order:

Salt
Ice
Copper ore

Rules:

Going by dictionary definition of “rock”, which means “stone”, which means “mineral”.

Water is a mineral according to the dictionary, which is why ice is in there.

Minerals are inorganic according to the dictionary, so things like sugar crystals don’t count, since they’re organic.

So, is it one of those three, or are there other delicious rocks that we’ve overlooked?

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[–] voracitude@lemmy.world 6 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

Well, okay, I understand what you mean and why, but you stated "water is a mineral according to the dictionary" in your post, so I was just clarifying that bit. So yeah, Merriam-Webster is wrong.

Edit: Again, sorry. This is the internet and pedants like me thrive here 😅

[–] hperrin@lemmy.ca 4 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

I agree, which is why we didn’t include simply “copper”, but “copper ore”, since I don’t think ingots of pure copper occur naturally. (But I could totally be wrong here, I’m just guessing.)

Ps, I love the pedantry. :)

[–] Shotgun_Alice@lemmy.world 5 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Native Copper does naturally occur, especially in the upper peninsula of Michigan.

[–] hperrin@lemmy.ca 2 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Ah, ok. I guess that one should just be “copper” then.

[–] SpookyLights@lemmy.ca 1 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Does copper taste good? Asking for myself

[–] hperrin@lemmy.ca 1 points 4 days ago

I like the taste.