Translation query: soil type

[Steve Marder]

Scott,

My guess is they're actually talking about "mellite" (= honeystone): меллит,
меллитовый (mellit, mellitovyy).

Steve


> Try again with one l i stead of two.
> The following link might be helpful:
> http://www.dobi.oglib.ru/bgl/8260/250.html
> 
> Good luck
> 
> Frans Suasso,
> Naarden the Netherlands
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Scott W. Palmer" <sw-palmer at WIU.EDU>
> To: <SEELANGS at BAMA.UA.EDU>
> Sent: Friday, February 01, 2008 4:59 PM
> Subject: Re: [SEELANGS] Translation query: soil type
> 
> 
>> Nope, it's definitely "melletovye." And, the word appears as such in
>> several documents (by different authors), so I can't chalk it up to a
>> typo.
>> 
>> heh.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> I'd chalk it up to a typo,
>> 
>> Paul B. Gallagher wrote:
>>> Scott W. Palmer wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Does anyone happen to know the correct English translation for the
>>>> specific type of clay referred to in Russian as
>>>> "меллетовые
>>>> глины" (melletovye gliny)?
>>> 
>>> Are you sure it isn't "мелистовые глины" (chalky clays)?
>>> 
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