Crossword-Solution: GREENSTONE
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Greenstone | n. | A name formerly applied rather loosely to certain dark-colored igneous rocks, including diorite, diabase, etc. |
We have 6 clues for the answer “GREENSTONE”
| Clue | Answers |
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| Altered basaltic rock | 1 answer |
| DIABASE | 1 answer |
| DIORITE | 1 answer |
| a vague name for any basic or intermediate igneous rock | 1 answer |
| Nephrite | 2 answers |
| jade | 44 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
The transparent part of the coat of the eyeball which
covers the iris and pupil and admits light to the interior. See Eye.
Hint 2 anagram
RECOAN
Hint 3 another clue
COVER THE EYES
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Sentences with GREENSTONE (5)
The surrounding islands all consist of conical masses of greenstone, associated sometimes with less regular hills of baked and altered clay-slate.
CHAPTER XII CENTRAL CHILE Valparaiso--Excursion to the Foot of the Andes--Structure of the Land--Ascend the Bell of Quillota--Shattered Masses of Greenstone--Immense Valleys--Mines--State of Miners--Santiago--Hot-baths of Cauquenes--Gold-mines--Grinding-mills--Perforated Stones--Habits of the Puma--El Turco and Tapacolo--Humming-birds.
The shattered and baked rocks, traversed by innumerable dykes of greenstone, showed what commotions had formerly taken place.
The summit of the mountain is broad and flat, and is composed of huge angular masses of naked greenstone.
Captain Ross found embedded in the conglomerate on the outer coast, a well-rounded fragment of greenstone, rather larger than a man's head: he and the men with him were so much surprised at this, that they brought it away and preserved it as a curiosity.
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Appears in: NYT.
Used 1 time in crossword archives (1987).