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Bologna stone
noun
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Bolognan stone
Definition of Bologna stone
: the mineral barite when found in roundish masses composed of radiating fibers, being phosphorescent when calcined with charcoal
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Origin and Etymology of bologna stone
Bologna or 1Bolognan; from its discovery near Bologna, Italy
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