betes de quars lletos

English translation: milky quartz veins / milky white quartz veins

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Catalan term or phrase:vetes de quars lletós
English translation:milky quartz veins / milky white quartz veins
Entered by: Sheila Hardie

09:03 Mar 6, 2011
Catalan to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Geology
Catalan term or phrase: betes de quars lletos
Again, this does not have much context, it is simply located within a table in a geotechnical study regarding rock and soil samples.
JordanLancaster
United Kingdom
Local time: 04:37
milky quartz veins / milky white quartz veins
Explanation:
I think it should be 'vetes' and not 'betes.

HTH


Sheila




The Quartz Page: Milky Quartz - [ Tradueix aquesta pàgina ]
26 May 2009 ... The term "milky quartz" is occasionally used for white, massive vein quartz. The rock to the right has been found 100 m north of the ...
www.quartzpage.de/milky.html - Còpia en memòria - Semblants
MILKY QUARTZ: the cloudy white variety of quartz - [ Tradueix aquesta pàgina ]
Prospectors searching for gold laden ore look for outcrops of milky white quartz veins. Many of the most beautiful gold specimens are the ones that have the ...
www.galleries.com/.../milky.../milky_qu.htm - Còpia en memòria - Semblants
milky quartz - [ Tradueix aquesta pàgina ]
Occasionally associated with gold in hydrothermal veins, prospectors searching for gold laden ore look for outcrops of milky white quartz veins. ...
glimmerdream.com/.../milky%20quartz/source - Còpia en memòria


HTTP://www.grec.cat/cgibin/mlt00x.pgm

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Note added at 31 mins (2011-03-06 09:34:25 GMT)
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MILKY QUARTZ: the cloudy white variety of quartz - [ Tradueix aquesta pàgina ]
Milky quartz is often responsible for the cloudy phantoms inside of otherwise clear rock quartz, amethyst, citrine or smoky quartz. The milky quartz may ...
www.galleries.com/.../milky_qu.htm - Còpia en memòria - Semblants
Quartz - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - [ Tradueix aquesta pàgina ]
Common colored varieties include citrine, rose quartz, amethyst, smoky quartz, milky quartz, and others. Quartz goes by an array of different names. ...
Quartz clock - Quartz (disambiguation) - Smoky quartz - Citrine (disambiguation)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quartz - Còpia en memòria - Semblants
The Quartz Page: Milky Quartz - [ Tradueix aquesta pàgina ]
26 May 2009 ... Milky quartz is a crystalline quartz that is white and translucent to almost opaque due to numerous evenly distributed gas and/or fluid ...
www.quartzpage.de/milky.html - Còpia en memòria - Semblants
Imatges sobre "milky quartz" - Informeu de les imatges

Milky Quartz: Milky Quartz mineral information and data. - [ Tradueix aquesta pàgina ]
A semi-transparent to opaque white-coloured variety of quartz.
www.mindat.org/min-6129.html - Còpia en memòria - Semblants


Diccionaris en català: diccionari català-castellà català-anglès ...
lletós -osa · adjectiu milky. Diccionari Compact Anglès-Català Larousse © Larousse Editorial S.L. 2005. Qui som | Suggeriments ...
www.diccionaris.cat/consultas.php?...lletós... - Còpia en memòria
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Sheila Hardie
Spain
Local time: 05:37
Grading comment
Many thanks Sheila. Although I must say the misspelt word in the original was a real red herring!!!! Thank you also to Ross, Alistair and Montse for confirming this :-)
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3 +3milky quartz veins / milky white quartz veins
Sheila Hardie


  

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milky quartz veins / milky white quartz veins


Explanation:
I think it should be 'vetes' and not 'betes.

HTH


Sheila




The Quartz Page: Milky Quartz - [ Tradueix aquesta pàgina ]
26 May 2009 ... The term "milky quartz" is occasionally used for white, massive vein quartz. The rock to the right has been found 100 m north of the ...
www.quartzpage.de/milky.html - Còpia en memòria - Semblants
MILKY QUARTZ: the cloudy white variety of quartz - [ Tradueix aquesta pàgina ]
Prospectors searching for gold laden ore look for outcrops of milky white quartz veins. Many of the most beautiful gold specimens are the ones that have the ...
www.galleries.com/.../milky.../milky_qu.htm - Còpia en memòria - Semblants
milky quartz - [ Tradueix aquesta pàgina ]
Occasionally associated with gold in hydrothermal veins, prospectors searching for gold laden ore look for outcrops of milky white quartz veins. ...
glimmerdream.com/.../milky%20quartz/source - Còpia en memòria


HTTP://www.grec.cat/cgibin/mlt00x.pgm

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Note added at 31 mins (2011-03-06 09:34:25 GMT)
--------------------------------------------------

MILKY QUARTZ: the cloudy white variety of quartz - [ Tradueix aquesta pàgina ]
Milky quartz is often responsible for the cloudy phantoms inside of otherwise clear rock quartz, amethyst, citrine or smoky quartz. The milky quartz may ...
www.galleries.com/.../milky_qu.htm - Còpia en memòria - Semblants
Quartz - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - [ Tradueix aquesta pàgina ]
Common colored varieties include citrine, rose quartz, amethyst, smoky quartz, milky quartz, and others. Quartz goes by an array of different names. ...
Quartz clock - Quartz (disambiguation) - Smoky quartz - Citrine (disambiguation)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quartz - Còpia en memòria - Semblants
The Quartz Page: Milky Quartz - [ Tradueix aquesta pàgina ]
26 May 2009 ... Milky quartz is a crystalline quartz that is white and translucent to almost opaque due to numerous evenly distributed gas and/or fluid ...
www.quartzpage.de/milky.html - Còpia en memòria - Semblants
Imatges sobre "milky quartz" - Informeu de les imatges

Milky Quartz: Milky Quartz mineral information and data. - [ Tradueix aquesta pàgina ]
A semi-transparent to opaque white-coloured variety of quartz.
www.mindat.org/min-6129.html - Còpia en memòria - Semblants


Diccionaris en català: diccionari català-castellà català-anglès ...
lletós -osa · adjectiu milky. Diccionari Compact Anglès-Català Larousse © Larousse Editorial S.L. 2005. Qui som | Suggeriments ...
www.diccionaris.cat/consultas.php?...lletós... - Còpia en memòria

Sheila Hardie
Spain
Local time: 05:37
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Many thanks Sheila. Although I must say the misspelt word in the original was a real red herring!!!! Thank you also to Ross, Alistair and Montse for confirming this :-)

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Ross Andrew Parker: I think so.
10 mins
  -> thanks, Ross :)

agree  Alistair Ian Spearing Ortiz
34 mins
  -> thanks, Alistair :)

agree  Montse Ballesteros: It should be "vetes de quars lletós".
2 hrs
  -> thanks, Montse :)
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