Loess
At a glance
- Type
- Rock
- Group
- Sedimentary rock
- Crystal system
- None (a rock)
- Hardness
- Soft (Mohs under 3)
- Density
- Light (under 2.5 g/cm³)
- Occurs in
- Sedimentary rocks
- Foliation
- Not layered
- Colour
- Yellow, Brown
- Lustre
- Dull
- Use
- No special use
- Difficulty in WildGuessr
- Medium
Did you know?
- Loess is wind-blown dust from the ice ages; on China's Loess Plateau it lies in layers hundreds of metres thick.
- Loess can stand in steep vertical cliffs, and in China millions of people have lived in cave homes dug into it.
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Classification, names and conservation status come from Wikidata (CC0), the photo from Wikimedia Commons. Wikidata Q22723 · All stones · All entries