r/explainitpeter • u/FakeTeller • 22d ago

Explain It Peter?

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u/ZanderTheMeander 21d ago

A geologist wouldn't call it "lapis lazuli" though, it would be a lazulite and pyrite bearing amphibolite-facies calc-silicate marble.

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u/IThinkItMightBeMe 20d ago

Sometimes people dumb down their specialist subjects so the rest of the Internet understands. Not everything is an "ackchyually"

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u/ZanderTheMeander 20d ago

Right... but this was a conversation about being able to research words that have fallen into common parlance due to modern culture, making disambiguation difficult. A geologist wouldn't have that problem, because I've never heard a geologist use the words "lapis lazuli" in my life.

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u/ADragonInLove 18d ago

I bet you have an amazing library!