Posted on 09/19/2014 7:39:28 PM PDT by JimSEA
Corundum is a rock-forming mineral that is found in igneous, metamorphic, and sedimentary rocks. It is an aluminum oxide with a chemical composition of Al2O3 and a hexagonal crystal structure.
The mineral is widely known for its extreme hardness and for the fact that it is sometimes found as beautiful transparent crystals in many different colors. The extreme hardness makes corundum an excellent abrasive, and when that hardness is found in beautiful crystals, you have the perfect material for cutting gemstones.
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It makes more sense your way with the Ne, or double negative there to equal our modern-day “don’t”.
Beautiful. ..
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Again, wow.
I knew that was coming.
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Just WOW!
Coriolanus was a noble Woman. He used carborundum to clean carbon from the venturis of his chariots carburetors.
There are several ways to say what is intended (as in any language) but none of them would be understood by a Latin speaker if the word "carborundum" was included. (Although I'm sure that if Michael Savage uttered the phrase he could make it sound quite abrasive.)
Probably the best rendering would be: "Non sino arrodo te spurious."
"Carborundum" although it sounds like it should be Latin is simply the English name for Silicon Carbide. You won't find it in any Latin Dictionary.
(Source: William Whitaker's Words which has a basic aggregation of 39,000 Latin root words.)
We call them "Slag."
And sometimes people make really pretty stuff out of slag.
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