MCKELLEN: This is greenstone, which is unique to New Zealand. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Mar 24, 2002] Reference
Shattered masses of greenstone — Immense valleys —. From Wordnik.com. [Journal of researches into the geology and natural history of the various countries visited by H.M.S. Beagle] Reference
It is found in the greenstone and hornblende-schists of. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon"] Reference
But I saw many pictures of greenstone that had similar color. From Wordnik.com. [Road Map « Climate Audit] Reference
Stop three was to an outcrop, with lots of greenstone and metamorphic rocks. From Wordnik.com. [worlds in a grain of sand] Reference
Further, he notes, the greenstone pieces are fragments and occur in isolation. From Wordnik.com. [Earliest Mesoamerican Writing?] Reference
But did find a reference to “greenstone” and got some better images there. From Wordnik.com. [Road Map « Climate Audit] Reference
In the morning we climbed up the rough mass of greenstone which crowns the summit. From Wordnik.com. [Journal of researches into the geology and natural history of the various countries visited by H.M.S. Beagle] Reference
“Gombac” higher up stream, and in the primitive greenstone of “Boka Embomma.”. From Wordnik.com. [Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo] Reference
But the hero of my father's story had come away with a greenstone unheard of elsewhere. From Wordnik.com. [Uncharted Stars]
One of the beads had been perforated and a small greenstone bead was found in the soil. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2008-04-01] Reference
The peasant who owned the cow dug up the ground at the spot and found a small greenstone "ax.". From Wordnik.com. [The Book of the Damned] Reference
From Stein's great shoulders fell a cloak of sherry-colored brocade held by a greenstone brooch. From Wordnik.com. [The Golden Torc]
The western coast generally consists of low, rounded, quite barren hills of granite and greenstone. From Wordnik.com. [Journal of researches into the geology and natural history of the various countries visited by H.M.S. Beagle] Reference
The rocks of which greenstone and trap are types, are found very largely scattered over the country. From Wordnik.com. [Manures and the principles of manuring] Reference
But, because greenstone was so rare, even second - and third-quality stones would find eager bidders. From Wordnik.com. [Uncharted Stars]
She had her headkerchief off and was busily running a polished greenstone comb through her dark reddish hair. From Wordnik.com. [Lord of Chaos]
The people declare that this greenstone contains copper, and Professor Smith found particles in his specimens. From Wordnik.com. [Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo] Reference
They were not actually tiles, but a pattern impressed on greenstone, with indentations that formed simple squares. From Wordnik.com. [Alector's Choice]
The basins are divided by ridges and flats of basalt and greenstone averaging from one hundred to two hundred feet in height. From Wordnik.com. [Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah and Meccah] Reference
The shattered and baked rocks, traversed by innumerable dikes of greenstone, showed what commotions had formerly taken place. From Wordnik.com. [Journal of researches into the geology and natural history of the various countries visited by H.M.S. Beagle] Reference
Africa, Fairview/ETC should become the largest greenstone gold mining operation in South Africa and one of the largest worldwide. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
These porphyries are pierced by greenstone two or three feet thick, and the granites are intersected by numerous veins of amphibolite. From Wordnik.com. [Rambles in the Islands of Corsica and Sardinia with Notices of their History, Antiquities, and Present Condition.] Reference
It did not surprise me to see the dish of sticky plums on his desk, the greenstone already laid out conspicuously in a pool of light. From Wordnik.com. [Uncharted Stars]
So, carrying out her plan, she was returning with the first enormous piece of greenstone, walking ever so carefully so as not to awaken. From Wordnik.com. [Legend Land, Vol. 1 Being a collection of some of the Old Tales told in those Western Parts of Britain served by The Great Western Railway.] Reference
In addition, Canyon had filed a license application covering 1700 square kilometre of the Tigray greenstone province in northern Ethiopia. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
But, though I had never seen greenstone, I had seen recorder tri-dees enough to know that these were uncut, unpolished gems of that nature. From Wordnik.com. [Uncharted Stars]
Hastings Mayor Lawrence Yule takes a moment to touch the greenstone at the entrance to the. From Wordnik.com. [Hawke's Bay Today] Reference
North Country Gold Corp. controls one of the largest under explored greenstone belts within. From Wordnik.com. [Marketwire - Breaking News Releases] Reference
"Ngai Tahu has not given permission to anyone to mine or remove that type of greenstone from the area.". From Wordnik.com. [Stuff.co.nz - Stuff] Reference
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