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Aquia Creek sandstone (siliceous sandstone, <sandstone by composition: aggregate type>, ... Materials (hierarchy name)) |
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Note: A brown to light-gray siliceous sandstone from Aquia Creek in Stafford County, Virginia. It contains rounded, coarse to fine grains of quartz as well as scattered pebbles and clay pellets as big as 1 inch in diameter; it splits easily in any desired direction. Aquia Creek sandstone was one of the important building stones in early Washington, D.C.
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| Aquia Creek sandstone (preferred,C,U,English-P,D,U,N)
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| Aquia sandstone (C,U,English,UF,U,N)
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| freestone, Virginia (C,U,English,UF,U,N)
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| sandstone, Aquia (C,U,English,UF,U,N)
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| sandstone, Aquia Creek (C,U,English,UF,U,N)
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| Virginia freestone (C,U,English,UF,U,N)
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| 阿魁亞溪砂岩 (C,U,Chinese (traditional)-P,D,U,U)
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| ā kuí yǎ xī shā yán (C,U,Chinese (transliterated Hanyu Pinyin)-P,UF,U,U)
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| a kui ya xi sha yan (C,U,Chinese (transliterated Pinyin without tones)-P,UF,U,U)
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| a k'uei ya hsi sha yan (C,U,Chinese (transliterated Wade-Giles)-P,UF,U,U)
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| Aquia Creek-zandsteen (C,U,Dutch-P,D,U,U)
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| arenisca de Aquia Creek (C,U,Spanish-P,D,U,U)
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............................................ siliceous sandstone (G) |
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................................................ Aquia Creek sandstone (G) |
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| Chinese (traditional) ..... 一種棕色至淺灰色的矽質砂岩，產自維吉尼亞州斯塔福德縣（Stafford County）的阿奎亞溪（Aquia Creek），含有粗細不等的圓形石英顆粒，亦摻雜零散的卵石及黏土粒狀物，黏土粒直徑最長可達一英吋，很容易從任何方向裂開。阿奎亞溪砂岩為美國首府華盛頓地區早期的重要建築用石材之一。 |
| Dutch ..... Een bruine tot lichtgrijze siliciumhoudende zandsteen uit Aquia Creek in Stafford County, Virginia. Deze steensoort bevat afgeronde, ruwe tot fijne kwartskorrels en kleipellets tot 2,5 cm in doorsnee, en splijt eenvoudig in elke gewenste richting. Aquia Creek-zandsteen was in de beginperiode van Washington D.C. een van de belangrijkste bouwstenen. |
| Spanish ..... Arenisca silícea marrón a gris claro proveniente de Aquia Creek, en el condado de Stafford, Virginia. Contiene granos de cuarzo redondos y gruesos a finos, así como guijarros dispersos y bolas de arcilla de 1 pulgada de diámetro. Se divide fácilmente en la dirección que se desee. La arenisca de Aquia Creek fue una de las piedras de construcción más importantes en los primeros tiempos en Washington, D.C.
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