stinkstone
English
Etymology
Noun
stinkstone (countable and uncountable, plural stinkstones)
- (mineralogy) One of the varieties of calcite, barite, and feldspar that emit a foetid odour on being struck.
Synonyms
References
- “stinkstone”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.