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aventurinenoun(mineralogy, by extension) A variety of translucent quartz, spangled throughout with scales of yellow mica.

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aventurinenoun(mineralogy, by extension) A variety of translucent quartz, spangled throughout with scales of yellow mica.
moonstonenoun(mineralogy) A translucent gemstone, an orthoclase feldspar, that has a pearly lustre.
cornstonenoun(mineralogy) A kind of marly siliceous rock.
starstonenoun(mineralogy) A gemstone that exhibits asterism.
soapstonenoun(geology) A soft rock, rich in talc, also containing serpentine and either magnetite, dolomite or calcite.
lonestonenoun(geology) An oversize, exotic stone encased in finer sediment and either lacking or associated with obvious evidence of having dropped into the sediment from above. Cf: dropstone
hiddenitenoun(mineralogy) A pale green form of spodumene that is sometimes used as a gemstone.
alley stonenoun(colloquial) The mineral aluminite.
felstonenoun(mineralogy, archaic) Felsite.
sanidinenoun(mineralogy) A variety of orthoclase feldspar found as tabular crystals embedded in volcanic rocks. Some forms (called moonstone) exhibit adularescence.
woodstonenounpetrified wood
swimming stonenoun(mineralogy) A cellular variety of flint floatstone.
pitchstonenoun(geology) a natural glass, rich in microscopic crystallites, formed by the rapid cooling of lava or magma
potstonenoun(mineralogy) A variety of steatite sometimes manufactured into culinary vessels.
hardstonenoun(art) Precious stone or semi-precious stone used to make intaglio, mosaics etc.
roestonenoun(mineralogy) oolite, or a variation of it
fluxstonenounCalcium-rich limestone used as a flux in metal smelting.
hypersthenitenoun(mineralogy) A more or less coarsely crystalline igneous rock, allied to gabbro; an aggregate of labradorite (feldspar) and hypersthene, of plutonic origin.
stenonitenoun(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing aluminum, barium, carbon, fluorine, oxygen, sodium, and strontium.
cross-stonenounstaurolite

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