clinkstonen.

Etymology: After German klingstein: so called from its clinking like iron when struck.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈclinkstone.

Mineralogy.

A compact feldspathic rock, generally of a greyish-blue colour, and distinguished from grey basalt by its lower specific gravity.

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klingstone1806

clinkstone1811

phonolite1811

clink-basalt1818

phonolith1854

1811 J. Pinkerton Petralogy I. 75 Clink-stone..has no sort of relation to the family of basalts.

1850 C. G. B. Daubeny Introd. Atomic Theory (ed. 2) xii. 418 Clinkstone..has been shewn by Gmelin to be an intimate mixture of glassy felspar with a zeolite.

1876 D. Page Adv. Text-bk. Geol. (ed. 6) vii. 134 The clinkstones or phonolites differ little from the basalts in composition.

1877 A. B. Edwards Thousand Miles up Nile xvii. 456 They [the stones] ring like clinkstone when struck.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online March 2021).

单词	clinkstone
释义	clinkstonen. Etymology: After German klingstein: so called from its clinking like iron when struck.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈclinkstone. Mineralogy. A compact feldspathic rock, generally of a greyish-blue colour, and distinguished from grey basalt by its lower specific gravity. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > rock > igneous rock > [noun] > trap > basalt > clinkstone klingstone1806 clinkstone1811 phonolite1811 clink-basalt1818 phonolith1854 1811 J. Pinkerton Petralogy I. 75 Clink-stone..has no sort of relation to the family of basalts. 1850 C. G. B. Daubeny Introd. Atomic Theory (ed. 2) xii. 418 Clinkstone..has been shewn by Gmelin to be an intimate mixture of glassy felspar with a zeolite. 1876 D. Page Adv. Text-bk. Geol. (ed. 6) vii. 134 The clinkstones or phonolites differ little from the basalts in composition. 1877 A. B. Edwards Thousand Miles up Nile xvii. 456 They [the stones] ring like clinkstone when struck. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < n.1811
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