Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Clinkstone"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Phonolite \Pho"no*lite\, n. [Phono- + -lite: cf. F. phonolithe.]
(Min.)
A compact, feldspathic, igneous rock containing nephelite,
ha["u]ynite, etc. Thin slabs give a ringing sound when
struck; -- called also {clinkstone}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Clinkstone \Clink"stone`\ (?; 110), n. [Clink + stone; -- from
its sonorousness.] (Min.)
An igneous rock of feldspathic composition, lamellar in
structure, and clinking under the hammer. See {Phonolite}.
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