Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. See aventurine.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A variety either of oligoclase or of orthoclase, or when green a microcline feldspar, showing red or golden-yellow colored reflections produced by included minute crystals of mica, göthite, or hematite. That which was originally brought from Aventura in Spain is a reddish-brown variety of quartz. Also called aventurin, heliolite. The name is also occasionally given to some kinds of cat's-eye.
Wiktionary
- n. mineralogy A translucent form of feldspar having flakes of hematite, used as an ornamental stone.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. (Med.) Aventurine feldspar. See under aventurine.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a translucent quartz spangled with bits of mica or other minerals
Examples
“Such a tool, known as a sunstone, is known from legend, but until now experimental evidence that it could actually work as hypothesized was lacking.”
“In Dinotopia: The World Beneath, 1995, large caverns beneath the island are lit by glowing algae, "sunstone" crystals, and ferns.”
“For a "sunstone" they used a polarimeter, a device that measures polarization.”
“So they used a polarimeter to mimic the possible effect of a supposed "sunstone" crystal, but the article doesn't detail exactly what sort of crystal that might be.”
“The enigmatic sunstone appears as an extra navigational aid in an Icelandic saga featuring a sailor called Sigurd who, frustrated by the weather, holds a sunstone aloft to locate the sun and so set his ship's course.”
The Guardian: Sunstones could have helped Vikings navigate from Norway to America
“The ruby-colored light from the sunstone gives him a threatening, power-mad look.”
“The portrait of the character Lee Crabb from Dinotopia, below, shows him at a dramatic moment when he wants to take control of a powerful glowing sunstone.”
“Touching the sunstone in her right ear, she cast a protective net over a hundred-square-yard area.”
“Backing up, Sara touched one of her sunstone earrings to amp her powers, then attempted another binding spell.”
“With an absent touch of her fingers to the sunstone stud sparkling in her earlobe, she instantly changed her clothes.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘sunstone’.
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♥
ambrosia, inamorata, gossamer, lily-white, hummingbird, roucoulement, poppy, daisy, calypso, lunula, lamb, dove and 1526 more...
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Just 'cause I like 'em, S
scrunch, solace, sabotage, saccade, sacerdotal, sacrilegious, sacristy, snappy, skew, steadfast, scowl, scorch and 781 more...
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Words Covered in Faery Dust (S)
words that evoke magic, mystery, mayhem, magnificence or anything else that glimmers in the grass
sabian symbols, saffron, sagacious, sage, salamander, sally lunn, salmon, salsify, salt water taffy, samhain, sand dollar, sandalwood and 270 more...
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Gums & Resins
Naturally occurring gums and resins.
amber, copal, dammar, mastic, sandarac, ammoniacum, gamboge, elemi, scammony, myrrh, turpentine, copaiba and 155 more...
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Love
A general collection of the sort of words that make me happy when I hear or read them in everyday conversation and writing.
velleities, discombobulated, boggle, breathtaking, enchanting, siren, luscious, moment, fiasco, delirium, darling, ethereal and 215 more...
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the dressing room - jewelry box
crown, gilt, sceptre, circlet, diadem, tiara, alabaster, gold, cat's eye, citrine, zircon, hematite and 47 more...
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Gems & Minerals
azurite, feldspar, moonstone, fire opal, fool's gold, amethyst, gagate, tiger's eye, bloodstone, imperial jade, jasperine, vulcanite and 29 more...
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words that are better than other words.
No, really, they are far better than your words.
iridescent, coral, caramel, taboo, cerebral, droplet, dew, celestial, serendipity, chime, whimsical, willowy and 40 more...
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