Greenstone is a name given to several different types of minerals.
- Pounamu, a form of green nephrite jade found in New Zealand and Australia
- Chlorastrolite
- Greenschist
- Greenstone (archaeology), a type of stone used by early cultures, particularly in Mesoamerica
Greenstone may also be:
- Greenstone, Ontario
- Greenstone (software), an open source digital library software package
See also Greenstone belt. Pounamu' is the Māori name for several hard durable and highly valued types of stone - the New Zealand English term is "greenstone" Chlorastrolite is a green or bluish green stone usually with finely radiated or stellate masses Greenschist - also known as greenstone - is a general field petrologic term applied to metamorphic and/or altered Mafic Volcanic rock Greenstone is a common generic term for valuable green-hued minerals and stones which were used in the fashioning of jewelry statuettes ritual tools and various other artefacts in early Greenstone is an amalgamated Town in the Canadian province of Ontario. Greenstone Digital Library Software is a suite of Software tools for building and distributing digital library collections Greenstone belts are zones of variably metamorphosed Mafic to Ultramafic Volcanic sequences with associated Sedimentary rocks that
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greenstone
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- (archaeology) any of several green-hued minerals used for making various artefacts in early Mesoamerican cultures, e.g. greenschist, chlorastrolite, serpentine, omphacite, or chrysoprase
- (New Zealand) the green-hued minerals of New Zealand used by Māori to make tools, ornaments and weapons (any of three varieties of nephrite jade or one variety of bowenite)
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