pitchstone
[pich-stohn]
- a glassy volcanic rock having a resinous luster and resembling hardened pitch.
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But there ain't no crawlin' out o' Pitchstone Canyon, they say.
The Jimmyjohn Boss and Other StoriesOwen Wister
I have brought from that locality a single specimen of pitchstone, perfectly resinous, bleak and shining.
The lavas are curious from abounding in, or rather being in parts composed of pitchstone.
More Letters of Charles DarwinCharles Darwin
I strongly suspect the underlying granite has altered such beds into this pitchstone.
More Letters of Charles DarwinCharles Darwin
I had never seen him look as he did now, not even in Pitchstone Canyon when we came upon the bodies of Hank and his wife.
The VirginianOwen Wister
pitchstone
- a dark glassy acid volcanic rock similar in composition to granite, usually intruded as dykes, sills, etc
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Word Origin for pitchstone
C18: translation of German Pechstein
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