@Setanta,
Its interesting that , since the earth sciences gather their tech data from all over, the roots and the actual techy terms are derived from all languages rather than just Latin or Greek, like bio and chem .
One rock form, a kind of denticle checkerboard pattern of dark and light minerals in a line, are called "dent de cheval" or "Drackenfeld"
or "Duragon Nah". In English, theres nothing but a sentence of description for these so we glom onto the foreign terms and build them into the literature.
Same thing for "Boudinage". Its waay cooler sounding than "Sausage stone"
I can go through the AIPG "Glossary of Geology" and find all kinds of neat terms that don't relate to classical languages a weve been
taufght in grade school.
One of the newest trends,is the importation and incorporation of Chinese terms into the techy literature. This is due mostly to the huge fossil and new mineral finds in China and Southeast Asia in general.
