the claim was for that.

Solvent?/ it does not dissolve rock, it erodes combined with
freezing, particle abrasion etc.

tell me please, the solubility data of rock in water?

now do same for hydrofluoric acid

universal solvent is just hyperbole.

alistair

On 24-Sep-10, at 9:44 AM, Mark Hineline wrote:

Golly, Alistair, look at the Grand Canyon. Almost all of it started
out as different kinds of rock, weathered to sediments, deposit on a
shallow seabed, then uplifted and weathered again to create the canyon.

The claim isn't (or should be) that it's the most effective solvent
liter for liter. It's that as solvents go, it has done the most work
over time.

No BS.

Mark