The Romans were very fond of Carnelian.

罗马人非常喜欢卡 Carnelian。 注：Carnelian 通常翻译为“角闪”或“红碧”，但根据上下文，如果指的是的“红碧”，则更常见翻译为“红碧”。此处未进一步具体化，以保持原文的简洁性。

Listening, admiring, until late in the afternoon I compelled myself to hasten away eastward back of rough, sharp, spiry, splintery peaks, all of them granite like the Cathedral, sparkling with crystals—feldspar, quartz, hornblende, mica, tourmaline.

边听边欣赏，直到下午晚些时候，我才强迫自加速向东撤退，回到粗糙、尖锐、尖尖、多裂的峰，所有这些峰都像大教堂一样的花岗岩，闪闪发光的晶体——长、英、角闪、云母、电气。

Most of the broad summit is comparatively level and thick sown with crystals, quartz, mica, hornblende, feldspar, granite, zircon, tourmaline, etc., weathered out and strewn closely and loosely as if they had been sown broadcast.

宽阔的峰顶大部分较为平坦， 密布着水晶、英、云母、角闪、长、花岗岩、锆、电气等，经风化后，密布、松散， 犹如播种。

The pitchblende contained another mysterious metal that was giving off rays.

沥青闪含有另一种发出射线的神秘金属。

She decided to test a rock called pitchblende.

她决定测试一种叫做沥青闪的岩。

All together, Marie used eight tons of pitchblende and four hundred tons of water before she was done!

Marie 在完成之前总共使用了 8 吨沥青闪和 400 吨水！

She tried to separate the polonium from the pitchblende—but she failed.

她试图将钋从沥青闪分离出来——但她失败了。

When Marie tested the pitchblende, she found it gave off even more rays than uranium alone!

当 Marie 测试沥青闪时，她发现它发出的射线比单独的铀还要多！