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==In-Game==
 
Chalk is a [[flux]] [[stone]]. As such, it is worth twice as much as most other stones.  
 
Chalk is a [[flux]] [[stone]]. As such, it is worth twice as much as most other stones.  
 
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Despite chalk's rather chalky nature in real life, [[furniture]] and [[DF2012:Finished goods |crafts]] made out of chalk in Dwarf Fortress last as long as granite ones.  
Despite chalk's rather chalky nature in real life, [[furniture]] and [[trade good|crafts]] made out of chalk in Dwarf Fortress last as long as granite ones.  
 
 
 
 
Chalk is '''not''' magma-safe material.
 
Chalk is '''not''' magma-safe material.
  
 
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==In Real Life==
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[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chalk '''Chalk'''] is a soft white sedimentary rock, a form of [[limestone]] composed of the mineral [[calcite]]. it often contains [[chert]] and minor amounts of [[silt]] and [[clay]].
 
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File:Mur craie et brique sur soubassement silex.png|Chalk blocks (white) in a wall
 
File:Mur craie et brique sur soubassement silex.png|Chalk blocks (white) in a wall

Revision as of 03:16, 29 March 2012

Chalk
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Uses
Properties
Fire-safe Not magma-safe
Contains

Wikipedia article

This article is about an older version of DF.

In-Game

Chalk is a flux stone. As such, it is worth twice as much as most other stones. Despite chalk's rather chalky nature in real life, furniture and crafts made out of chalk in Dwarf Fortress last as long as granite ones. Chalk is not magma-safe material.

In Real Life

Chalk is a soft white sedimentary rock, a form of limestone composed of the mineral calcite. it often contains chert and minor amounts of silt and clay.

Sedimentary
Igneous
Intrusive
Extrusive
Metamorphic
Ore
Economic
Other