silex cornus
English translation: hornstein
| 11:14 Apr 9, 2010 |
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|  Selected response from: Alison Sabedoria (X) United Kingdom | ||||||
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| 4 +1 | flint |
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| 4 | hornstein |
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| 2 | horn-flint / horn flint |
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| Termium: silex corné |
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4 hrs confidence: 
peer agreement (net): +1
peer agreement (net): +1flint Explanation: silex corné is hornstone, but this is a jewelry term, now archaic in geological use. I would say flint or chert. |
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5 hrs confidence:
hornstein Explanation: A kind of chert. Having had more time to look it up, it's definitely not hornfels as I first thought, but hornstein, though hornstone (as suggested by Christoph) is an alternative. Reference: http://books.google.fr/books?id=bgFAR2Qp51sC&pg=PA234&lpg=PA... |
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12 hrs confidence:
horn-flint / horn flint Explanation: don't have time to look much more now, and - sorry - haven't read all the links - it'd help if we were told where it is, though. Correlation of the Upper Cretaceous White Chalk (Turonian to ... by RN Mortimore - 1987 - Cited by 25 - Related articles 19) contains regular large nodular horn-flint seams at 1 m intervals. ...... These latter occurrences compare with the Bathichnus in the Grey Chalk and ... linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0016787887800019 [PDF] CUCKMERE TO SEAFORD File Format: PDF/Adobe Acrobat - Quick View occurring alternation between a lower very grey, soft chalk, ..... nodular, horn-flint seams (Friars Bay Flints), immediately above Friars Bay Marl 1, ... www.jncc.gov.uk/pdf/gcrdb/GCRsiteaccount215.pdf [PDF] Untitled File Format: PDF/Adobe Acrobat - View as HTML The material is horn flint from the Cretaceous chalk deposits of England, ...... come grey from their own pollen. The so-called yellows are ... arnoldia.arboretum.harvard.edu/pdf/issues/121.pdf # The Flint-Knapping Industry at Brandon by R CLARKE - Cited by 12 - Related articles posed chalk is termed ' dead lime ', ' paps ' or ' horns ' are protuberances of flint, and ' hobbly ' is an adjective with similar connotation. ' Gulls ' ... antiquity.ac.uk/Ant/009/0038/Ant0090038.pdf - Similar # Flint At Hunstanton where the chalk once more emerges, flint is highly evident in ... Some flints takes on bizarre branching shapes, like fingers or stags horns. ... www.england-in-particular.info/buildings/b-flint.html [PDF] Indian Relics of the Arnold Arboretum File Format: PDF/Adobe Acrobat - Quick View The material is horn flint from the Cretaceous chalk deposits of England, where the quarrying and manufacturing of flints both of this sort and for domestic ... arnoldia.arboretum.harvard.edu/pdf/articles/1728.pdf |
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Reference comments
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| Reference: Termium: silex corné Reference information: I'm not sure if silex corné is the same as silex cornus. Acc. to Termium: silex corné = hornstein (Fr.) = hornstone (Eng.) Reference: http://www.termiumplus.gc.ca/tpv2alpha/alpha-eng.html?lang=e... |
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