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German: Granite sind richtungslos ohne Bänderung strukturiert und schwarz gesprenkelt

English translation: Granite structures are irregular, contain no foliation and are black mottled.



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German term or phrase:Granite sind richtungslos ohne Bänderung strukturiert und schwarz gesprenkelt
English translation:Granite structures are irregular, contain no foliation and are black mottled.
Entered by:Giulia D'Ascanio
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Tech/Engineering - Geology
German term or phrase: Granite sind richtungslos ohne Bänderung strukturiert und schwarz gesprenkelt
This is the defition for Bänderung in German: Bänderung, Geologie: Wechsel von verschieden gefärbten oder stofflich unterschiedlichen Lagen in Gesteinen, z. B. Bänderton.

My sentence in the text is:
Granite sind richtungslos ohne Bänderung strukturiert und schwarz gesprenkelt.
Granit enthält keinen Kalk und kann nicht kristallisiert werden.

The whole sentence, please!
Giulia D'Ascanio
Austria
Granite structures are irregular, contain no foliation and are black mottled.
Explanation:
Or "The granites are irregularly structured..."
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Alan Johnson
Germany
Note from asker to answerer
Thanks to both of you, but I think this one fits better!
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Summary of answers provided
4Granites have a black mottled structure with randomly oriented grains and no banding
Gillian Scheibelein
4Granite structures are irregular, contain no foliation and are black mottled.
Alan Johnson


  

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Granite sind richtungslos ohne Bänderung strukturiert und schwarz gesprenkelt. Granite structures are irregular, contain no foliation and are black mottled.

Explanation:
Or "The granites are irregularly structured..."

Alan Johnson
Germany
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Granite sind richtungslos ohne Bänderung strukturiert und schwarz gesprenkelt. Granites have a black mottled structure with randomly oriented grains and no banding

Explanation:
richtungslos refers to the grain orientation i.e. none = random

Gillian Scheibelein
Germany
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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