wonderstonen.

/ˈwʌndəstəʊn/

Etymology: < wonder n. + stone n.

1. (See quots.)

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the world > the earth > minerals > types of mineral > carbonates > [noun] > hexagonal > calcite > varieties

alabasterc1384

agarica1400

alabastrites1582

alabastrite1592

Iceland crystal1673

agaric mineral1728

milk of the moon1728

Iceland spar1771

argentine1795

rock milk1804

slate-spar1804

schieferspar1807

calc-spar1822

wonderstone1824

manganocalcite1852

neotype1854

hislopite1859

aphrite1868

thinolite1879

moonmilk1885

vaterite1913

micrite1959

1824 Trans. Geol. Soc. 1 295 In the neighbourhood of Wells, and at Bleydon near the Bristol Channel, it [sc. the conglomerate] forms a beautiful breccia, called wonder~stone, consisting of yellow transparent crystals of carbonate of lime, disseminated equably through a dark-red earthy dolomite.

1887 H. B. Woodward Geol. Eng. & Wales (ed. 2) ii. 232 The road to Wookey Hole..and that leading to Dulcot..show in places in the Red Marl a bed termed the ‘Wonder Stone’.

2. A soft bluish-grey rock of volcanic origin in South Africa that takes a high polish.

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the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > rock > igneous rock > [noun] > other igneous

clay-stone1777

variolite1781

pyroxenite1845

aplite1862

anorthosite1863

teschenite1866

yellow ground1883

kimberlite1887

sanidinite1887

websterite1890

essexite1891

monzonite1895

missourite1896

theralite1898

heronite1899

kentallenite1900

carbonatite1924

wonderstone1936

1936 Mineral Resources Union S. Afr. (Geol. Surv., Union S. Afr.) (ed. 2) 299 Wonderstone appears to be one of the most indestructible of building stones.

1952 Archit. Rev. 111 329/1 Some of the work in 1936 by Henry Moore in African wonderstone and by Barbara Hepworth was very derivative, in the best sense, of the shapes assumed by..the stone and pebble plants of the African Karoo.

1952 L. MacNeice Ten Burnt Offerings 84 He was..Firm as a Rameses in African wonderstone.

1975 Standard Encycl. Southern Afr. XI. 490/1 Large quantities of high quality wonderstone are available in the Dominion Reef System, 10 km north of Ottosdal in the Western Transvaal.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online March 2018).

单词	wonderstone
释义	wonderstonen. /ˈwʌndəstəʊn/ Etymology: < wonder n. + stone n. 1. (See quots.) ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > minerals > types of mineral > carbonates > [noun] > hexagonal > calcite > varieties alabasterc1384 agarica1400 alabastrites1582 alabastrite1592 Iceland crystal1673 agaric mineral1728 milk of the moon1728 Iceland spar1771 argentine1795 rock milk1804 slate-spar1804 schieferspar1807 calc-spar1822 wonderstone1824 manganocalcite1852 neotype1854 hislopite1859 aphrite1868 thinolite1879 moonmilk1885 vaterite1913 micrite1959 1824 Trans. Geol. Soc. 1 295 In the neighbourhood of Wells, and at Bleydon near the Bristol Channel, it [sc. the conglomerate] forms a beautiful breccia, called wonder~stone, consisting of yellow transparent crystals of carbonate of lime, disseminated equably through a dark-red earthy dolomite. 1887 H. B. Woodward Geol. Eng. & Wales (ed. 2) ii. 232 The road to Wookey Hole..and that leading to Dulcot..show in places in the Red Marl a bed termed the ‘Wonder Stone’. 2. A soft bluish-grey rock of volcanic origin in South Africa that takes a high polish. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > rock > igneous rock > [noun] > other igneous clay-stone1777 variolite1781 pyroxenite1845 aplite1862 anorthosite1863 teschenite1866 yellow ground1883 kimberlite1887 sanidinite1887 websterite1890 essexite1891 monzonite1895 missourite1896 theralite1898 heronite1899 kentallenite1900 carbonatite1924 wonderstone1936 1936 Mineral Resources Union S. Afr. (Geol. Surv., Union S. Afr.) (ed. 2) 299 Wonderstone appears to be one of the most indestructible of building stones. 1952 Archit. Rev. 111 329/1 Some of the work in 1936 by Henry Moore in African wonderstone and by Barbara Hepworth was very derivative, in the best sense, of the shapes assumed by..the stone and pebble plants of the African Karoo. 1952 L. MacNeice Ten Burnt Offerings 84 He was..Firm as a Rameses in African wonderstone. 1975 Standard Encycl. Southern Afr. XI. 490/1 Large quantities of high quality wonderstone are available in the Dominion Reef System, 10 km north of Ottosdal in the Western Transvaal. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online March 2018). < n.1824
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