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Bologna stone

Bologna stone noun: the phosphorescent form of baryte.

Noun

Bologna stone (plural Bologna stones)

  1. The phosphorescent form of baryte.
    • It was concerned with the causes of the phosphorescence of the so-called 'Bologna stone' (a mineral named by the author of the book with the more imposing term of litheosphorus).2013, Marco Piccolino, Galileo's Visions: Piercing the spheres of the heavens by eye and mind

Forms of Bologna stone

pluralBologna stones
alternative formBolognian stone

Origin of Bologna stone

Specimens were found near Bologna in the 17th century by Vincenzo Casciarolo.

Questions about Bologna stone

What does Bologna stone mean?
Bologna stone means the phosphorescent form of baryte.
What part of speech is Bologna stone?
Bologna stone is a noun.
What is the plural of Bologna stone?
The plural of Bologna stone is Bologna stones.

Words near Bologna stone in the dictionary

  1. Bologna phial
  2. Bologna phials
  3. Bologna phosphorus
  4. Bologna sausage
  5. Bologna sausages
  6. Bologna stone
  7. Bologna stones
  8. Bologna vial
  9. Bologna vials
  10. bolognaise
  11. bolognaises

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