sunstone

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A translucent form of feldspar having flakes of hematite, used as an ornamental stone. countable,uncountable
  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 polarization of light. countable,uncountable

词形变化

sunstones plural

词汇关系

近义词
heliolite
相关词
aventurine aventurin avanturine moonstone

词源

sun + stone. Compare Icelandic sólarsteinn.
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