greenstone
/green-stohn/US // ˈgrinˌstoʊn //UK // (ˈɡriːnˌstəʊn) //
绿石,绿岩,绿宝石,青石
Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
- : any of various altered basaltic rocks having a dark-green color caused by the presence of chlorite, epidote, etc.
Examples
“Bud tender” Allie Greenstone (her real name) answers the door.
Indistinct specimens of greenstone, with adhering quartz; apparently a primitive rock.
It is found in connection with isolated blocks of amygdaloid, of primitive greenstone, and of petrosilex.
Greenstone or diorite is usually a dull greenish rock, sometimes gray, however, speckled with green.
Greenstone is an excellent rock, and has a fine surface, but it is unmanageable.
The gold exists in spangles and in grains, disseminated among fragments of greenstone and porphyry.
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