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clinkstone
ˈclinkstone Min. [After Ger. klingstein: so called from its clinking like iron when struck.] A compact felspathic rock, generally of a greyish-blue colour, and distinguished from grey basalt by its lower specific gravity.1811 Pinkerton Petral. I. 75 Clink-stone..has no sort of relation to the family... Oxford English Dictionary
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Flisk
There are 3 quarries of sandstone and clinkstone; none of them of importance, and only used for local purposes. wikipedia.org
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clink-basalt
clink-ˈbasalt = clinkstone.1818 B. O'Reilly Greenland 41 Basalt..with an irregularity, but sharpness of fracture, like that of the rock, clink basalt, on which stands the castle of Edinburgh. Oxford English Dictionary
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Pico Cão Grande
Its composition is mainly phonolite (also called clinkstone in vernacular English). wikipedia.org
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klingstone
† ˈklingstone Min. Obs. [ad. G. klingstein.] = clinkstone.1800 Henry Epit. Chem. (1808) 364 Soda [has been found] in basalt; in pitch-stone; and in kling-stone. 1811 Pinkerton Petral. I. 175 The klingstone employed in the preceding experiments was from the Donnersberg. Oxford English Dictionary
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Střekov Castle
The castle is perched atop a steep, monolithic, clinkstone rock that rises steeply to 100 metres above the Elbe and is the symbol of North Bohemia. wikipedia.org
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petrosilex
petrosilex Min. (pɛtrəʊˈsaɪlɛks) [mod.L., f. petr-us stone or petr-a rock + silex flint, pebble; also in Fr. (1753 D'Holbach Min. de Walerius I. 176, in Hatz.-Darm.).] A hard rock; an early name for compact feldspar, now called Felsite; in Dana given as a synonym of albite and orthoclase.1770 Cronst... Oxford English Dictionary
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Phonolite
phonolite comes from the Ancient Greek meaning "sounding stone" due to the metallic sound it produces if an unfractured plate is hit; hence, the English name clinkstone wikipedia.org
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phonolite
phonolite Min. (ˈfəʊnəlaɪt) Also -lyte (Dana). [f. phono- + -lite; in F. phonolithe (1812 in Hatz.-Darm.).] Name for various volcanic rocks which ring when struck; clinkstone.1828–32 Webster, Phonolite, sounding stone; a name proposed as a substitute for klingstein (jingling stone). 1832 H. T. De la... Oxford English Dictionary
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variolitic
ˌvarioˈlitic, a. Geol. [f. prec. + -ic.] Of the nature of, or containing, variolite; spherulitic.1862 G. P. Scrope Volcanoes 365 The clinkstone is usually variolitic. 1878 Lawrence tr. Cotta's Rocks Classified 139 Diabase..is sometimes..variolitic or amygdaloidal. Oxford English Dictionary
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Dogu'a Tembien
fermented mud will be used as mortar Fencing of homesteads, generally in dry stones Church bells, generally three elongated plates in phonolite or clinkstone wikipedia.org
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Tigray Region
fermented mud will be used as mortar Fencing of homesteads, generally in dry stones Church bells, generally three elongated plates in phonolite or clinkstone wikipedia.org
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