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specie incerte o UK

English translation: uncertain or unknown species

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Italian term or phrase:specie incerte o UK
English translation:uncertain or unknown species
Entered by: Tom in London

16:40 Feb 22, 2017
Italian to English translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - Mining & Minerals / Gems / Collection of minerals
Italian term or phrase: specie incerte o UK
This is from an article on a collection of minerals. I can't figure what they mean by specie UK.

La ricerca preliminare sulla collezione ha comportato: la valutazione dello stato di conservazione di ogni singolo campione; la determinazione dei pezzi tramite riconoscimento macroscopico e, nel caso di 34 ***specie incerte o UK***, l’analisi mediante spettrometria Raman; la revisione della nomenclatura e la conseguente attribuzione della corretta specie mineralogica secondo le linee guida della Commision on New Minerals and Classification (CNMNC) della International Mineralogical Association (IMA); la revisione delle località di raccolta e dei giacimenti ed il successivo controllo sul sito XXX.

Any help would be greatly appreciated. TIA.
Roberto Impelluso
Italy
Local time: 06:50
uncertain or unknown species
Explanation:
UK = unknown

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Note added at 4 mins (2017-02-22 16:45:15 GMT)
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Tom in London
United Kingdom
Local time: 05:50
Grading comment
Thanks again Tom!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
5 +5uncertain or unknown species
Tom in London
2uncertain or unknown species
Patrick Hopkins


  

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3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +5
uncertain or unknown species


Explanation:
UK = unknown

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Note added at 4 mins (2017-02-22 16:45:15 GMT)
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http://www.rockrollers.com/features/jargon.html

Tom in London
United Kingdom
Local time: 05:50
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 12
Grading comment
Thanks again Tom!
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thank you Tom, this was MOST helpful!


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Patrick Hopkins: Argh, beat me by seconds! With a ref too!
1 min
  -> Ah yes, my boy (wagging admonitory finger): you'll have to get up early in the morning to (cont. p.94)
agree  philgoddard: I may be wrong, but I don't think you can say 'species' here. Types or varieties, I'd have thought.
1 hr
agree  Mary Carroll Richer LaFlèche
1 hr
agree  Cornelius Gillen: species can be used for mineral species
15 hrs
agree  Peter Cox
1 day 9 hrs
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4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5
uncertain or unknown species


Explanation:
That's a BIG GUESS, but given the proximity to "incerte" and with the letters UK (UnKnown) this is the first thing that came to mind.

Patrick Hopkins
Italy
Local time: 06:50
Native speaker of: English
Notes to answerer
Asker: Yes, it looks like Tom beat you by a few seconds Patrick. Thanks for the suggestion though and excellent guess!

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