† klingstonen.
Mineralogy. Obsolete.
= clinkstone n.
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1806 W. Henry Epitome Chem. (ed. 4) ii. ii. 350 Soda [has been found] in basalt; in pitch-stone; and in kling-stone.
1811 J. Pinkerton Petralogy I. 175 The klingstone employed in the preceding experiments was from the Donnersberg.
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