gousses

English translation: Pods

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French term or phrase:gousses
English translation:Pods
Entered by: Manoj Chauhan

08:41 Jan 29, 2019
French to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Mining & Minerals / Gems
French term or phrase: gousses
can anyone translate "gousses" in english? Thanks

Des veines de quartz qui se réunissent pour former des gousses
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Pods
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Manoj Chauhan
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4Pods
Manoj Chauhan
4 -1nodules/geodes
B D Finch


  

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Pods


Explanation:
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    Reference: http://www.logemin.com/eng/Download/pdf/4_quartz_pods_4p.pdf
    Reference: http://www.minsocam.org/msa/collectors_corner/arc/quartzdep....
Manoj Chauhan
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neutral  Cornelius Gillen: vein clusters or knots, rather than pods
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nodules/geodes


Explanation:
Though I can't find any references to "gousses" in relation to quartz, they seem to mean nodules. Though it could mean geodes, the latter are hollow inside, which is not what "gousses" suggests.

https://sciencing.com › Science › Geology › Minerals & Rocks
A quartz nodule, for example, contains an interior of quartz. Nodules can be concretions, which can reach many feet in diameter. These tend to ...

B D Finch
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disagree  Cornelius Gillen: geodes are cavities with large quartz crystals inside; nodules are inclusions
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  -> According to https://www.desertusa.com/desert-prospecting/geode.html "The only difference between a geode and a nodule is that a geode has a hollow cavity, and a nodule is solid." However, I believe you know more about the subject than I do.
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