Definition of Sunstones

1. Noun. (plural of sunstone) ¹

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Definition of Sunstones

1. sunstone [n] - See also: sunstone

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sunstones

sunshine law
sunshine laws
sunshineless
sunshines
sunshiney
sunshiny
sunshot
sunshower
sunshowers
sunspace
sunspaces
sunspot
sunspots
sunsted
sunstone
sunstones
sunstricken
sunstroke
sunstrokes
sunstruck
sunsuit
sunsuits
sunswept
suntan
suntanned
suntanning
suntans
suntrap
suntraps
sunup

Literary usage of Sunstones

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Hand-book of Precious Stones by Meyer Daniel Rothschild (1889)
"The yellowish- and reddish-tinted specimens are called sunstones, and are quite rare. These sunstones must not be confounded with the ..."

2. Chemical Abstracts by American Chemical Society (1915)
"... feldspars (sunstones) should be sharply distinguished from the other group of color-playing feldspars, comprizing moonstones, ..."

3. The New International Encyclopædia edited by Daniel Coit Gilman, Harry Thurston Peck, Frank Moore Colby (1903)
"... due to minute scales of occluded minerals, the green varieties being known as 'sunstones;' ..."

4. Descriptive Mineralogy by William Shirley Bayley (1917)
"Oligoclase when containing as little inclusions plates of hematite, glistens with a red shimmer and affords the finest sunstones. ..."

5. Descriptive Mineralogy by William Shirley Bayley (1917)
"Oligoclase when containing as little inclusions plates of hematite, glistens with a red shimmer and affords the finest sunstones. ..."

6. Precious Stones by Wilbert Goodchild, Robert Dykes (1908)
"This species is chiefly of interest because to it belong most of the Sunstones met with in use as precious stones. Its composition varies somewhat; ..."

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