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CORNWALL STONE [2 records]

Record 1 2011-06-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Clay and Clay Products (Ceramics)
  • Quarries
DEF

Feldspathic rock of a kind known as pegmatite found in Cornwall (England).

OBS

China stone ... much used in English ceramics.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Terres et glaçures (Ind. de la céramique)
  • Carrières
DEF

Variété de pegmatite qui se rencontre en Cornouailles (Angleterre).

OBS

Cornish stone. C'est une roche d'origine anglaise, sensiblement analogue aux pegmatites.

Spanish

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Record 2 2011-06-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Petrography
DEF

A feldspar-quartz-kaolinite product obtained from weathered alaskite-type granite in Cornwall, England.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pétrographie
DEF

Roche utilisée comme fondant céramique, et formée en grande partie de feldspath et de quartz.

Spanish

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