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17:15 May 4, 2017 |
French to English translations [PRO] Science - Geology | |||||||
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4 +2 | millstone grit / coal-grit |
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3 +1 | coal sandstone |
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coal sandstone Explanation: Coal-bearing sandstone used as building stone See also https://books.google.fr/books?id=jxBfAAAAcAAJ The overlying coal sandstone is exhibited in fine quarries at Pensax, and is a good building material Example sentence(s):
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collegiate_Church_of_St._Bartholomew https://books.google.fr/books?id=Yp8SBwAAQBAJ&pg=PA223&lpg=PA223&dq=%22coal+sandstone%22+building+material&source=bl&ots=CG6iaq1742&sig=c7ID |
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millstone grit / coal-grit Explanation: I am more familiar with 'millstone grit' as a building material. The GDT is always a good first stop when researching terminology: http://www.granddictionnaire.com/ficheOqlf.aspx?Id_Fiche=108... -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 47 minutes (2017-05-04 18:02:59 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- This term also translate 'meulière', and in any case, the informal EN term seems to be mainly used in relation to the geology of the UK. |
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