"sunstone" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: sunstones [plural]
Etymology: sun + stone. Compare Icelandic sólarsteinn. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|sun|stone}} sun + stone, {{m+|is|sólarsteinn}} Icelandic sólarsteinn Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} sunstone (countable and uncountable, plural sunstones)
  1. (mineralogy) A translucent form of feldspar having flakes of hematite, used as an ornamental stone. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Minerals Translations (a translucent form of feldspar with flakes of hematite): κεραύνιος (keraúnios) [masculine] (Ancient Greek)
    Sense id: en-sunstone-en-noun-krNGnFgO Topics: chemistry, geography, geology, mineralogy, natural-sciences, physical-sciences Disambiguation of 'a translucent form of feldspar with flakes of hematite': 97 3
  2. A stone, possibly Icelandic spar, said in late medieval sources to have been used by navigators in the Viking Age and later to find the location of the sun in an overcast sky, possibly via polatization of light. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-sunstone-en-noun-GK09lSWs Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Ancient Greek translations, Terms with German translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 17 83 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 8 92 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 14 86 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 14 86 Disambiguation of Terms with Ancient Greek translations: 13 87 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 15 85
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: heliolite Related terms: aventurine, aventurin, avanturine, moonstone Translations (navigation aid): Sonnenstein (German)
Disambiguation of 'navigation aid': 24 76

Inflected forms

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