BLUESTONE

bluestone

(noun) bluish-grey sandstone used for paving and building

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Proper noun

Bluestone

A surname.

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Etymology

Noun

bluestone (countable and uncountable, plural bluestones)

Any of several bluish grey varieties of stone used for construction

(UK) A form of dolerite which appears blue when wet or freshly broken.

(UK) Any of the several (massive) kinds of non-local stone (particularly dolerite) used to construct Stonehenge.

(US, Canada) A feldspathic sandstone found in the US and Canada.

(US) A form of limestone found in the Shenandoah Valley and some other places.

(Australia, New Zealand) A bluish grey basalt or olivine basalt.

(Australia, South Australia) Slate, such as comes from quarries in or near Adelaide.

Either of two related copper- and sulfur-based bright blue stones

Copper(II) sulfate, CuSO₄(H₂O)_x where x is 0-5, used as a coloring agent in glass-making and pottery and for other purposes.

Chalcanthite, a water-soluble sulfate mineral, CuSO₄·5H₂O.

Lapis lazuli, or its core constituent, lazurite.

Anagrams

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Source: Wiktionary

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Blue"stone` (, n.

1. Blue vitriol. Dunglison.

2. A grayish blue building stone, as that commonly used in the eastern United States.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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