🔤 Killas ✨
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URDU
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Roman Urdu:
corinish mitti ka pathar , slait jaisa pathar , Cornwall ki geologiyai chattan
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ENGLISH
📚noun
killas
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PRONUNCIATION
Standard: / ˈ k ɪ ləs /
Phonetic: kil- uhs
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DEFINITION
(Geology/Mining, Cornish term) A local term used in Cornwall and Devon, England, for the metamorphic rock strata of sedimentary origin (like clay slate) that was altered by the heat from intruded granite masses. This rock often contains valuable mineral lodes.
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EXAMPLE SENTENCES
The tin and copper veins were found primarily within the killas rock formations of Cornwall.
Geologists studied the folding and faulting patterns in the killas to understand the region's history.
Roofing slates are often quarried from the killas in certain parts of the county.
The miners had to bore deep into the hard killas layer to reach the rich ore deposits.
The change from granite to killas is a significant geological boundary in the area.
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