3171: Geologic Core Sample - Revision history

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82.132.237.65: /* Explanation */

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74.105.156.70: ruined portals can generate underground https://minecraft.wiki/w/Ruined_Portal

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ruined portals can generate underground https://minecraft.wiki/w/Ruined_Portal

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Btx40: /* Explanation */ Link diorite

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‎Explanation: Link diorite

78.144.255.82: /* Explanation */ punc

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146.200.113.217: /* Explanation */

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2001:8003:1DC8:7900:31B9:D83C:5290:CC61: /* Explanation */ Clarifying sentence

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 ==Explanation==
 This image presents a core sample taken by a slightly overenthusiastic team of geologists.
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 ==Transcript==
 :[Caption at the top of the panel:] Typical geologic core sample
 :[Below this is a drawing of a cylindrical core sample with various labels, in order from the top of the panel toward the bottom.]

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 ; Topsoil:Beyond the indeterminate length of granite, the sample transitions back into the loose upper layers, indicating that the exploratory core is now being taken from ascending layers (albeit in a location lacking subways, etc, or just managing to miss everything seen in the preceding section).
-;Cement: {{w|Cement}} is a chemical binder used as a component of construction materials like {{w|concrete}} (in a similar way to how flour is a component of bread), and it is not used by itself. From the adjacent layers one can infer that on emerging from the other side of the Earth, the geologists have drilled through the foundations of a building with a strange material choice. Considering the poor mechanical qualities of cement by itself as a foundation, it is not unusual that the homeowner is angry, as their home probably suffers from cracks and other structural problems derived from poor foundation design. Another possibility is that the author of the drawing fell in the common confusion between cement and concrete.
+;Cement: {{w|Cement}} is a chemical binder used as a component of construction materials like {{w|concrete}} (in a similar way to how flour is a component of bread), and it is not used by itself. From the adjacent layers one can infer that on emerging from the other side of the Earth, the geologists have drilled through the foundations of a building with a strange material choice. Considering the poor mechanical qualities of cement by itself as a foundation, it is not unusual that the homeowner is angry, as their home probably suffers from cracks and other structural problems derived from poor foundation design. Another possibility is that the author of the drawing fell in the common confusion between cement and concrete, or that the analysis of the core material failed to identify the additional expected {{construction aggregate}} content of this section of the sample.
 ;Floorboards / Carpet:These two layers are typical of a reasonably well-equipped residential building — probably the ground floor, without any basement level. The core is coming up inside a furnished room.

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 ; Topsoil:Beyond the indeterminate length of granite, the sample transitions back into the loose upper layers, indicating that the exploratory core is now being taken from ascending layers (albeit in a location lacking subways, etc, or just managing to miss everything seen in the preceding section).
-;Cement:On emerging from the other side of the Earth, the geologists have drilled through the foundations of a building.
+;Cement: {{w|Cement}} is a chemical binder used as a component of construction materials like {{w|concrete}} (in a similar way to how flour is a component of bread), and it is not used by itself. From the adjacent layers one can infer that on emerging from the other side of the Earth, the geologists have drilled through the foundations of a building with a strange material choice. Considering the poor mechanical qualities of cement by itself as a foundation, it is not unusual that the homeowner is angry, as their home probably suffers from cracks and other structural problems derived from poor foundation design. Another possibility is that the author of the drawing fell in the common confusion between cement and concrete.
 ;Floorboards / Carpet:These two layers are typical of a reasonably well-equipped residential building — probably the ground floor, without any basement level. The core is coming up inside a furnished room.
 ;Possessions of a confused and angry homeowner in the other hemisphere

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 ;Some boring intrusive rock that's basically granite but has a name like "diorite" or "andalite" that you always have to look up
 :{{w|Diorite}} is a real type of igneous rock — an intermediate between actual granite and {{w|gabbro}} — but an [http://animorphs.fandom.com/wiki/Andalite Andalite] is an alien from the Animorphs book series, which [[Randall]] enjoys and has [[:Category:Animorphs|referenced before]]. Perhaps Randall is "misremembering" the name of {{w|andesite}}, another type of igneous rock, from his [[1223: Dwarf Fortress|knowledge of]] the complex set of reality-inspired rock types encountered in the game {{w|Dwarf Fortress}}. As the sample appears right before the Netherrack sample, it may also be referencing {{w|Minecraft}}, as granite, diorite, and andesite exist in that game as mineable stone types.
-;Netherrack:A dark red, and entirely fictional{{Citation needed}} stone appearing in Minecraft, with which Randall is [[861: Wisdom Teeth|also well acquainted]]. In Minecraft, Netherrack typically only appears naturally in The Nether, an alternate dimension resembling hell. In the overworld, where the core sample is presumably being taken, Netherrack only naturally forms in ruins of Nether Portals found on the surface, so for it to appear this deep in the sample, it would need to have been placed there by another person, likely while mining. (Some fan theories suggest that the nether is under the overworld, which isn't literally true in-game, but some [https://modrinth.com/datapack/nether-under-overworld mods] exist that make this true.)
+;Netherrack:A dark red, and entirely fictional{{Citation needed}} stone appearing in Minecraft, with which Randall is [[861: Wisdom Teeth|also well acquainted]]. In Minecraft, Netherrack typically only appears naturally in The Nether, an alternate dimension resembling hell. In the overworld, where the core sample is presumably being taken, Netherrack only naturally forms in ruins of Nether Portals. (Some fan theories suggest that the nether is under the overworld, which isn't literally true in-game, but some [https://modrinth.com/datapack/nether-under-overworld mods] exist that make this true.)
 ;Balrog wing:The balrog is a creature in {{w|Lord of the Rings}}, found deep beneath the world, awakened when the dwarves delved too deep and too greedily, as it could be suggested that the geologists are doing here. It was previously encountered in the title text of [[3141: Mantle Model]]. The {{w|Balrog#Characteristics|balrog's wings}} are often discussed, in the context of whether it had them, and therefore whether they could or should have helped it escape the fall that was forced upon it in the books. At least one balrog, however, now appears to have at least one less wing than those it previously had. We do not know if there was any screaming involved.
 ;Granite:This label is applied to rock that appears to cover both ends of a 'height' of rock-core that is simplified by a diagrammatic cut. From the context of later layers, this would include a very long length of drilled material that passes into the {{w|Earth's mantle}}, and [[3145: Piercing|perhaps]] at least some of its core, before coming back up through the granite to be found somewhere on the other side of the planet.

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 ;Some boring intrusive rock that's basically granite but has a name like "diorite" or "andalite" that you always have to look up
 :{{w|Diorite}} is a real type of igneous rock — an intermediate between actual granite and {{w|gabbro}} — but an [http://animorphs.fandom.com/wiki/Andalite Andalite] is an alien from the Animorphs book series, which [[Randall]] enjoys and has [[:Category:Animorphs|referenced before]]. Perhaps Randall is "misremembering" the name of {{w|andesite}}, another type of igneous rock, from his [[1223: Dwarf Fortress|knowledge of]] the complex set of reality-inspired rock types encountered in the game {{w|Dwarf Fortress}}. As the sample appears right before the Netherrack sample, it may also be referencing {{w|Minecraft}}, as granite, diorite, and andesite exist in that game as mineable stone types.
-;Netherrack:A dark red, and entirely fictional{{Citation needed}} stone appearing in Minecraft, with which Randall is [[861: Wisdom Teeth|also well acquainted]]. In Minecraft, Netherrack typically only appears naturally in The Nether, an alternate dimension resembling hell. In the overworld, where the core sample is presumably being taken, Netherrack only naturally forms in ruins of Nether Portals found on the surface, so for it to appear this deep in the sample, it would need to have been placed there by another person, likely while mining. (Some fan theories suggest that the nether is under the overworld, which isn't literally true in-game, but some mods exist that make this true.)
+;Netherrack:A dark red, and entirely fictional{{Citation needed}} stone appearing in Minecraft, with which Randall is [[861: Wisdom Teeth|also well acquainted]]. In Minecraft, Netherrack typically only appears naturally in The Nether, an alternate dimension resembling hell. In the overworld, where the core sample is presumably being taken, Netherrack only naturally forms in ruins of Nether Portals found on the surface, so for it to appear this deep in the sample, it would need to have been placed there by another person, likely while mining. (Some fan theories suggest that the nether is under the overworld, which isn't literally true in-game, but some [https://modrinth.com/datapack/nether-under-overworld mods] exist that make this true.)
 ;Balrog wing:The balrog is a creature in {{w|Lord of the Rings}}, found deep beneath the world, awakened when the dwarves delved too deep and too greedily, as it could be suggested that the geologists are doing here. It was previously encountered in the title text of [[3141: Mantle Model]]. The {{w|Balrog#Characteristics|balrog's wings}} are often discussed, in the context of whether it had them, and therefore whether they could or should have helped it escape the fall that was forced upon it in the books. At least one balrog, however, now appears to have at least one less wing than those it previously had. We do not know if there was any screaming involved.
 ;Granite:This label is applied to rock that appears to cover both ends of a 'height' of rock-core that is simplified by a diagrammatic cut. From the context of later layers, this would include a very long length of drilled material that passes into the {{w|Earth's mantle}}, and [[3145: Piercing|perhaps]] at least some of its core, before coming back up through the granite to be found somewhere on the other side of the planet.

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 :Being in the middle of the core, it could be that these bits are meant to be from another attempt to drill the diameter of the Earth from a complete different location. Assuming absurd precision, all such drill holes would meet at the center of the Earth.
 ;Some boring intrusive rock that's basically granite but has a name like "diorite" or "andalite" that you always have to look up
-:Diorite is a real type of igneous rock — an intermediate between actual granite and {{w|gabbro}} — but an [http://animorphs.fandom.com/wiki/Andalite Andalite] is an alien from the Animorphs book series, which [[Randall]] enjoys and has [[:Category:Animorphs|referenced before]]. Perhaps Randall is "misremembering" the name of {{w|andesite}}, another type of igneous rock, from his [[1223: Dwarf Fortress|knowledge of]] the complex set of reality-inspired rock types encountered in the game {{w|Dwarf Fortress}}. As the sample appears right before the Netherrack sample, it may also be referencing {{w|Minecraft}}, as granite, diorite, and andesite exist in that game as mineable stone types.
+:{{w|Diorite}} is a real type of igneous rock — an intermediate between actual granite and {{w|gabbro}} — but an [http://animorphs.fandom.com/wiki/Andalite Andalite] is an alien from the Animorphs book series, which [[Randall]] enjoys and has [[:Category:Animorphs|referenced before]]. Perhaps Randall is "misremembering" the name of {{w|andesite}}, another type of igneous rock, from his [[1223: Dwarf Fortress|knowledge of]] the complex set of reality-inspired rock types encountered in the game {{w|Dwarf Fortress}}. As the sample appears right before the Netherrack sample, it may also be referencing {{w|Minecraft}}, as granite, diorite, and andesite exist in that game as mineable stone types.
 ;Netherrack:A dark red, and entirely fictional.{{Citation needed}} stone appearing in Minecraft, with which Randall is [[861: Wisdom Teeth|also well acquainted]]. In Minecraft, Netherrack typically only appears naturally in The Nether, an alternate dimension resembling hell. In the overworld, where the core sample is presumably being taken, Netherrack only naturally forms in ruins of Nether Portals found on the surface, so for it to appear this deep in the sample, it would need to have been placed there by another person, likely while mining. (Some fan theories suggest that the nether is under the overworld, which isn't literally true in-game, but some mods exist that make this true.)
 ;Balrog wing:The balrog is a creature in {{w|Lord of the Rings}}, found deep beneath the world, awakened when the dwarves delved too deep and too greedily, as it could be suggested that the geologists are doing here. It was previously encountered in the title text of [[3141: Mantle Model]]. The {{w|Balrog#Characteristics|balrog's wings}} are often discussed, in the context of whether it had them, and therefore whether they could or should have helped it escape the fall that was forced upon it in the books. At least one balrog, however, now appears to have at least one less wing than those it previously had. We do not know if there was any screaming involved.