| 单词 | black-band ore |
| 释义 | > as lemmasblack-band ore black band n. now chiefly historical a dark-coloured clayey stratum of iron ore occurring in the coal measures (esp. in Scotland) and containing sufficient carbonaceous matter for smelting; iron ore of this kind; usually attributive, as black-band ore, etc. [The discovery of black band ore is normally credited to David Mushet. Compare: 1855 Jrnl. Soc. Arts 3 Aug. 636/1 In 1801 he [sc. David Mushet] discovered, in crossing the river Calder,..a new vein of ironstone, called the Black Band, and ever since known in Scotland as ‘Mushet's Black Band’. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > minerals > ore > [noun] > metal ore > iron ore > others bloodstone1504 haematite1543 yellow share1590 keel1596 brush-ore1678 mush1686 brush-iron-ore1695 iron glance1792 specular iron (also iron ore)1796 steel-ore1796 oligistc1803 black band1811 old man1811 spathose iron-ore1823 pitticite1826 siderose1834 blink klip1835 pharmacosiderite1835 sphaerosiderite1837 fossil ore1846 jacutinga1846 vignite1846 siderite1848 junckerite1865 needle iron-ore1867 xanthosiderite1868 specularite1892 pitch ore1896 minette1902 taconite1905 the world > the earth > minerals > types of mineral > carbonates > [noun] > hexagonal > siderite steel-ore1796 black band1811 spathose iron-ore1823 siderose1834 sphaerosiderite1837 siderite1848 junckerite1865 1811 Mem. Wernerian Nat. Hist. Soc. 1 497/1 (table) Black bands, with iron-stone. 1838 Rep. Brit. Assoc. Advancem. Sci. 1837 379 A seam of black band, at a depth of 15 to 25 fathoms under the splint, or fifth seam of coal, of the Lanarkshire basin. 1846 Fisher's National Mag. 1 173 The ‘Black Band Ore’ recently discovered at Ransh Gap in great abundance, is not known in any other section of the United States. 1903 Trans. Inst. Mining Engin. 22 108 As the blackband ironstone contains a considerable amount of carbonaceous matter, little or no fuel is added to the ruck. 1954 J. F. Kirkaldy Gen. Princ. Geol. xiii. 191 These ores, even the ‘Blackband Ores’, consisting of alternate layers of coaly and ferruginous material, are not worked today. 2008 R. L. Lewis Welsh Americans ii. 62 John Lewis..recognized that the bottom of this little mine was not worthless blackstone but rather black-band ore. < as lemmas |
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