• mitchty@lemmy.sdf.org
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    21 days ago

    Im sure it’s required. I got a geology buddy and he said this is pretty normal for identification of rocks. So I bet its a required skill to tell spicy rocks from rocky rocks.

    • 🔍🦘🛎@lemmy.world
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      21 days ago

      Geology degree here - you identify some rocks by licking them. Licking most rocks will give you no information. But in a final, honestly, nobody would bat an eye if you licked all of them, just in case.

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      21 days ago

      Was a thing when I took geo in first year, rock test (and the professor) was kinda a legend within engineering.

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        20 days ago

        Heh that sounds like my buddies professor. All he said was your tongues always there and it’s a good instrument so why not use it. I just make fun of him licking rocks.