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SUNSTONE

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A translucent quartz spangled with bits of mica or other minerals

Synonyms:

aventurine; sunstone

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Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("sunstone" is a kind of...):

quartz (a hard glossy mineral consisting of silicon dioxide in crystal form; present in most rocks (especially sandstone and granite); yellow sand is quartz with iron oxide impurities)

transparent gem (a gemstone having the property of transmitting light without serious diffusion)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "sunstone"):

goldstone (aventurine spangled densely with fine gold-colored particles)

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