What Rocks Are Safe to Lick? The Dangers and the Rare Exceptions
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6 min read
Less than 1% of the over 4,000 known minerals are ever considered for a taste test by trained geologists, and almost all rocks are too dangerous to lick. What rocks are safe to lick is a question with a very clear, and dangerous, answer: almost none, with a couple of specific exceptions used strictly for field identification.
