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minus-squareDarkCloud@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·edit-27 days agoI don’t think gravel is naturally occuring is it? …we have places that are rocky, even stoney beaches, but those stones tend to be round and smooth because of how they got there. I guess in certain types of rock avalanches some gravel must be produced, but I don’t think that’s in a patch on an otherwise flat surface.
minus-squaremilkisklim@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·7 days agoThe left bank of the Geronde river in Bordeaux is famous for it’s gravelly soil which impacts the flavor of the wine.
minus-squareEheran@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·7 days agoHuh? Not naturally occurring? What? Stones can be as round as they want, it is still gravel. For gravel pretty much only the particle size matters.
minus-squareDarkCloud@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·7 days agoOh, I think of it as rough and pointy… Like a bunch of smooth pebbles isn’t exactly going to cause Thag a problem in this comic right? So to me the comic is also suggesting gravel is rough and pointy small rocks.
minus-squareth3dogcow@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·6 days agoAh what you’re describing sounds like bluemetal. a crushed and screened aggregate, often derived from basalt or granite rocks, known for its blue-grey hue
I don’t think gravel is naturally occuring is it?
…we have places that are rocky, even stoney beaches, but those stones tend to be round and smooth because of how they got there.
I guess in certain types of rock avalanches some gravel must be produced, but I don’t think that’s in a patch on an otherwise flat surface.
The left bank of the Geronde river in Bordeaux is famous for it’s gravelly soil which impacts the flavor of the wine.
Huh? Not naturally occurring? What? Stones can be as round as they want, it is still gravel. For gravel pretty much only the particle size matters.
Oh, I think of it as rough and pointy… Like a bunch of smooth pebbles isn’t exactly going to cause Thag a problem in this comic right? So to me the comic is also suggesting gravel is rough and pointy small rocks.
Ah what you’re describing sounds like bluemetal.