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Webster 1913 Edition


Greenstone

Green′stoneˊ

(grēn′stōnˊ)
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Noun.
[So called from a tinge of green in the color.]
(Geol.)
A name formerly applied rather loosely to certain dark-colored igneous rocks, including diorite, diabase, etc.

Webster 1828 Edition


Greenstone

GREE'NSTONE

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Noun.
[so called from a tinge of green in the color.]
A rock of the trap formation, consisting of hornblend and feldspar in the state of grains or small crystals.