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单词 ball vein
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ball vein
ball vein n. Obsolete a stratum of iron ore containing nodules, formerly mined in Sussex.
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the world > the earth > minerals > ore > [noun] > metal ore > iron ore > specific shape
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a1728 J. Woodward Attempt Nat. Hist. Fossils Eng. (1729) 224 The interior Substance of it is of a brown Colour, the exterior a brownish yellow... This yields near as much Iron as n. 3. They call it the Ball-Vein, [at] Battle in Sussex.
1778 Encycl. Brit. II. 972/2 Ball Vein,..a sort of iron ore..usually of a circular form in the perfect masses, thickest in the middle.
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