sunstone

[ suhn-stohn ]

noun

a reddish variety of oligoclase feldspar, used as a gem, having a red and bright-yellow play of color.

Origin of sunstone

Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400; see origin at sun, stone

Words Nearby sunstone

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How to use sunstone in a sentence

sunstone culture because of the sun worship and the megaliths.
The Outline of History: Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind | Herbert George Wells
He loved the red gold of the sunstone, and the moonstone's pearly whiteness, and the broken rainbow of the milky opal.
The Picture of Dorian Gray | Oscar Wilde
He loved the red-gold of the sunstone, and the moonstone's pearly whiteness, and the broken rainbow of the milky opal.
Oscar Wilde | Leonard Cresswell Ingleby
On the fifteenth chunk, he got an interruption pattern that told him that a sunstone—or something, probably something—was inside.
Little Fuzzy | Henry Beam Piper
He looked at them for a moment, and dropped the new sunstone in among them, chuckling happily.
Little Fuzzy | Henry Beam Piper

British Dictionary definitions for sunstone

sunstone

/ (ˈsʌnˌstəʊn) /

noun

another name for aventurine (def. 2)

Origin of sunstone

C17: so called because it contains red and gold flecks which reflect the light

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