Greenstone

What do we mean by greenstone?

Any of various altered basic igneous rocks colored green by chlorite, hornblende, or epidote. noun

Any one of various rocks, of eruptive origin, in general older than the Tertiary, crystalline-granular in texture, and of a dark-greenish color. noun

A very hard and close-textured stone used for putting the last edge on lancets and other delicate surgical instruments, etc. noun

A name in New Zealand for several varieties of jade, specifically for pounamu or nephrite, found chiefly on the west coast of the Middle Island: formerly much used by the Maoris for weapons, implements, and ornaments. noun

A name formerly applied rather loosely to certain dark-colored igneous rocks, including diorite, diabase, etc. noun

Any of several green-hued minerals used for making various artefacts in early Mesoamerican cultures, e.g. greenschist, chlorastrolite, serpentine, omphacite, or chrysoprase noun

The green-hued minerals of New Zealand used by Māori to make tools, ornaments and weapons (any of three varieties of nephrite jade or one variety of bowenite) noun

Any of several green-hued minerals used for making various artefacts in early Mesoamerican cultures, e.g. greenschist, chlorastrolite, serpentine, omphacite, or chrysoprase

Pounamu, the green-hued minerals of New Zealand used by Māori to make tools, ornaments and weapons (any of three varieties of nephrite jade or one variety of bowenite)

Words that are spelled similarly to greenstone:
greenstone, freestone, greystone, greenbone, green zone, greenshoe, greensome, greenstones.

Words that rhyme with greenstone:
bone, zone, stone, tone, loan, prone, drone, phone, own, hone, condone, alone, milestone, fone, cone, cornerstone, postpone, hormone, homophone, known, touchstone, atone, moan, capstone, cyclone, roan, anemone, groan, throne, backbone, telephone, lone, shone, crone, chaperone, bemoan, clone, ozone, keystone, unknown, scone, mon, microphone, blown, intone, disown, flown, monotone, cologne, limestone, shown, acetone, xylophone, silicone, overtone, testosterone, joan, moonstone, baritone, grown, saxophone, sharon, undertone, homegrown, allophone, gemstone, rhinestone, rhone, tombstone, sown, let alone, cicerone, thrown, sloan, leone, brownstone, capone, whetstone, francophone, argonne, lodestone, earphone, megaphone, t-bone, collarbone, sewn, well known, gladstone, overthrown, pheromone, millstone, simone, headstone, mone, overblown, jawbone, trombone, cobblestone, rone, headphone.

Adjectives that are often used to describe greenstone:
porphyritic, grained, primitive, massive, hard, polished, compact, dark, syenitic, basaltic, schistose, fine, amygdaloidal, precious, common, sheared, columnar, crystalline, intrusive, secondary, sienitic, local, archean, material, decomposed, naked, much, slate, volcanic, dolerite, granite, beautiful, granular, ordinary, dense, franciscan, tuffaceous, augitic, ancient, solid, grey, famous, heavy, carved, typical, homogeneous, felspathic, interstratified, broken, archaean, tough, interbedded, feldspathic, sonorous, crushed, mottled, finegrained, resistant, weathered, ellipsoidal, disintegrated, hypersthenic, native, hornblendic, coloured, eruptive, coarse, pre, adjacent, nearest, granitic, bright, andesitic, soft, crystallised, silicified, augite, diorite, foliated, hardest, sacred, light, gray, prismatic, vesicular, chloritic, bleached.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective greenstone:
terranes, terrains, terrain, belt, terrane, granite, belts, contact, schists, schist, software, porphyry, trap, axe, complex, contacts, unit, basement, dike, complexes, evolution, provinces, ornament, crust, collection, creek, rocks, association, domain, sequence, sculpture, tuff, slate, mask, distribution, river, relationships, band, blade, collections, plugs, server.

Consonant match to greenstone:
greenstein, grinstein.

Words that sound like greenstone:
greenstone, greenstein, grindstone, greystone, green zone, graystone, gunstone, greentown, gram stain, cranston, grandson, grandstand, greenspan, green team, granton, gross ton, greenspun, gritstone, green star, brownstone, brown stone, orenstein, ironstone, rhinestone, gravestone, grunting, granting, grenadine, green tea, grandin, grave stone, grunden, grind on, greeson, greenan, grindstones, granato, greason, green stuff, grenzen, granito, gersten, gerstein, green slime, green sea, greystones, grinting, rune stone, green city, greensand, johnstone, christine, kristen, kristin, brimstone, keystone, kristine, christain, christan, christin, kristan, kristyn, cristen, cristin, krysten, cristine, krystin, queenstown, crosstown, creston, freestone, kinston, christon, christeen, croston, key stone, kingstone, ornstein, kristeen, bronstein, braunstein, brownstein, turnstone, cross town, arnstein, granahan, gaston, grandsons, grandam, gallstone, granata, grand am, grand stand, granado, grando, garanti, gall stone, ganson, gram atom, granddam.