arnione
English translation: reniform concretion
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| Italian to English translations [PRO] Art/Literary - Business/Commerce (general) / Article on stone industry | |||||||
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| 4 | reniform concretion |
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| 3 | kidney |
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| 3 | arnione |
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kidney Explanation: Maybe http://www.alabarte.com/E.alabastro.htm |
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arnione Explanation: I would leave it as it is. The word has been borrowed from anathomy/veterinary and simply means "kidney" as David Russi suggests but it would be meaningless in a translation. The name is due to the crazy shape of alabaster blocks often found surrounded by chalk. Site below, in Italian, is useful for background info. Reference: http://www.alialabastro.it/alabastro.asp |
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reniform concretion Explanation: ARNIONE s.m. 1 TS mineral., concrezione reniforme di minerali http://www.demauroparavia.it/8432 RENIFORM: Reniform - 'kidney-shaped' rounded outer surface. e.g. haematite http://website.lineone.net/~webrex/identification.html Reniform - "Kidney like" in shape (e.g.. hematite). http://webmineral.com/data/Johannite.shtml CONCRETION: http://www.google.it/search?hl=it&q=define: concretion&btnG=... Please, see also: This widespread mineral, which is encountered practically everywhere on the earth's surface in the form of concretions, oolites (a form consisting of small round grains cemented together), ***reniform (kidney shapes)*** or botryoidal (form of bunches of grapes) accumulations http://www.iconofile.com/storefront.asp?page=Goethite fine-grained and fossiliferous, in other places quite crystalline, and composed of globular, ***reniform***, botryoidal, or other irregular concretions of crystalline and frequently internally radiated dolomite http://encyclopedia.jrank.org/PAS_PER/PERMIAN.html It is a rotten or chalky limestone, about eighty feetthick, containing iron concretions, usually crystallized in cubes, and where not exposedto the elements are sulphuret of iron. There are also nodular and reniform concretions that.when broken, present dendritic forms of crystallization. http://www.lib.utexas.edu/books/dumble/publications/05/issue... |
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