greenstone
noun
green·stone
ˈgrēn-ˌstōn 
1
: nephrite
2
: any of numerous usually altered dark green compact rocks (such as diorite)
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The spa treatment menu incorporates Indigenous elements such as manuka honey, energizing greenstone (a type of jade), and thermal muds drawn from the surrounding volcanic landscape.
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Kendall Hill, Travel + Leisure, 15 May 2025
Fractures and fissures on the jade and greenstone ornaments were also signs of burning at high temperatures.
—Elizabeth Rayne, Ars Technica, 3 May 2024
While filled with valuable artifacts that signaled royalty—such as a greenstone mask usually buried with rulers—the tomb was arranged unexpectedly.
—Christian Thorsberg, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Apr. 2024
There are just two notable surviving chunks of Archean crust: the Barbeton greenstone in South Africa and the Pilbara region of Western Australia.
—Corey S Powell, Discover Magazine, 26 Aug. 2015
Oyster shells and greenstone were equated with life, vitality and solar rebirth in the sea.
—Franz Lidz Meghan Dhaliwal, New York Times, 13 Sep. 2022
The team also uncovered a greenstone mask, and the skulls of a puma and a wolf.
—Joshua Rapp Learn, Discover Magazine, 19 Jan. 2021
The local Consulate of Mexico will accept Olmec greenstone sculptures, a figure from the city of Zacatecas, bowls that were buried with tombs, and other clay figurines that date back thousands of years.
—Terry Tang, The Christian Science Monitor, 27 July 2022
The chamber where the deer carvings are located held the remains of up to ten people, some of them cremated, as well as a whetstone, a greenstone ax and a flint knife.
—Livia Gershon, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 June 2021
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Kendall Hill, Travel + Leisure, 15 May 2025
Fractures and fissures on the jade and greenstone ornaments were also signs of burning at high temperatures.
—Elizabeth Rayne, Ars Technica, 3 May 2024
While filled with valuable artifacts that signaled royalty—such as a greenstone mask usually buried with rulers—the tomb was arranged unexpectedly.
—Christian Thorsberg, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Apr. 2024
There are just two notable surviving chunks of Archean crust: the Barbeton greenstone in South Africa and the Pilbara region of Western Australia.
—Corey S Powell, Discover Magazine, 26 Aug. 2015
Oyster shells and greenstone were equated with life, vitality and solar rebirth in the sea.
—Franz Lidz Meghan Dhaliwal, New York Times, 13 Sep. 2022
The team also uncovered a greenstone mask, and the skulls of a puma and a wolf.
—Joshua Rapp Learn, Discover Magazine, 19 Jan. 2021
The local Consulate of Mexico will accept Olmec greenstone sculptures, a figure from the city of Zacatecas, bowls that were buried with tombs, and other clay figurines that date back thousands of years.
—Terry Tang, The Christian Science Monitor, 27 July 2022
The chamber where the deer carvings are located held the remains of up to ten people, some of them cremated, as well as a whetstone, a greenstone ax and a flint knife.
—Livia Gershon, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 June 2021
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“Greenstone.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/greenstone. Accessed 5 Jul. 2025.
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