Lexicographical Neighbors of Alumstone
Literary usage of Alumstone
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Elementary Treatise on Mineralogy and Geology, Designed for the Use of Pupils by Parker Cleaveland (1822)
"At La Tolfa, near Civita Vecchia, in Italy, alumstone occurs in a rock, which
somewhat ... In this rock the alumstone is found chiefly in narrow and almost ..."
2. Ures̓ Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures, and Mines: Containing a Clear by Andrew Ure (1860)
"alumstone is one of the sources of the alum of commerce, ... alumstone is found
at Tolfa, near Civita Vecchia, in the Roman States (sometimes in crystals); ..."
3. Political Essay on the Kingdom of New Spain by Alexander von Humboldt (1811)
"... I will not say, of alumstone (alum- stein'), but of native alum, of which the
Indians sell pieces of the size of an inch at the market of Cumana. ..."
4. A Geognostical Essay on the Superposition of Rocks in Both Hemispheres by Alexander von Humboldt (1823)
"... I saw a clay-slate which belonged rather to the primitive than to the intermediary
formation, traversed by veins, I will not say, of alumstone ..."
5. Selections from the Works of the Baron de Humboldt, Relating to the Climate by Alexander von Humboldt, John Taylor (1824)
"... and la Mesa de los Hernandez), and alumstone (Real del Monte, ... to the
intermediary formation, traversed by veins, I will not say, of alumstone ..."
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