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Webster 1913 Edition


Stinkstone

Stink′stoneˊ

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Noun.
(Min.)
One of the varieties of calcite, barite, and feldspar, which emit a fetid odor on being struck; – called also
swinestone
.

Webster 1828 Edition


Stinkstone

STINKSTONE

,
Noun.
Swinestone, a variety of compact lucullite; a subspecies of limestone.

Definition 2024


stinkstone

stinkstone

English

Noun

stinkstone (plural stinkstones)

  1. (mineralogy) One of the varieties of calcite, barite, and feldspar, which emit a foetid odour on being struck.

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