Bluestone

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim Any of several bluish-grey varieties of stone used for construction

   “Its people are proud of their history and heritage of free settlement and the famous bluestone homes and public buildings of Adelaide are among the most orderly and best cared for examples of colonial architecture in the country.”

2. isim A form of dolerite which appears blue when wet or freshly broken.
3. isim Any of the several (massive) kinds of non-local stone (particularly dolerite) used to construct Stonehenge.
4. isim A feldspathic sandstone found in the US and Canada.
5. isim A form of limestone found in the Shenandoah Valley and some other places.
6. isim A bluish-grey basalt or olivine basalt.
7. isim Slate, such as comes from quarries in or near Adelaide.
8. isim Copper(II) sulfate, CuSO₄(H₂O)ₓ where x is 0-5, used as a coloring agent in glass-making and pottery and for other purposes.

   “This consists of thoroughly spraying the plants with Bordeaux mixture once in ten days or two weeks after they have begun to run. Bordeaux mixture is made by bringing together the milk of lime and a solution of copper sulphate (bluestone).”

9. isim Chalcanthite, a water-soluble sulfate mineral, CuSO₄·5H₂O.

   “This belt is about 1,000 feet wide at the McConnell Mine, and ends a few hundred yards north of the Bluestone. […] It was worked about 30 years ago, and for a time supplied natural bluestone (chalcanthite) to the amalgamating mills ...”

10. isim Lapis lazuli, or its core constituent, lazurite.

    “From Cyprus were brought bricks of lead, with bluestone and elephant's tusks, and the vases were carved in fanciful designs, with the heads of goats, lions, bulls, and eagles.”

11. fiil To treat or dose with copper sulfate.

    “Bluestoning at any time of the year will destroy a number of snails […]”

12. özel isim A surname.