Labrador stone

noun

Labradorite; Labrador spar.

First used 18th c.

Meanings

nounLabrador stone (countable and uncountable, plural Labrador stones)

plural Labrador stones

  1. archaiccountableuncountableLabradorite; Labrador spar.First known use 18th c.

    The beautiful prismatic colours seen on the Labrodore stone are owing to a similar cause, viz. the thinness of the laminæ of which it consists […].

    1791, Erasmus Darwin, The Economy of Vegetation, J. Johnson, page 120
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