bluestone
noun
uk/ˈbluː.stəʊn/us/ˈbluː.stoʊn/[U]
stoneused as abuildingmaterialthat isblueorsimilartoblueincolour:
青石，蓝石The newpathwayswill belinedwith bluestone.新的小路将用青石铺成。
TheInnhas beencreatedout of aformerfirestation, a bluestoneVictorianbuilding.客栈是在一个前消防站的基础上创建的，这是一座青石制的维多利亚式建筑。
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one of theslightlysmallerstonesthatformtheinner,oldestpartof theancientmonumentof Stonehenge insouthernEngland:
蓝石（在英格兰南部巨石阵古迹内，构成最古老部分的体积稍小的岩石之一）Scientistsbelievethe bluestones were first put inplaceabout 2600 B. C.科学家们认为，这些蓝石最早是在公元前2600年左右被放置在这里的。
- We could havefinishedit lastweekif you'dletus use aconcretelintel, but youinsistontraditionalbluestone.
- Asconcretepavementsreplacedbluestone, thequarryingindustrydeclined.
- Thesimplethirteenth-century Chapelboastsawonderfuleighth-centuryCelticringedcrossmade from thelocal"bluestone", which is, infact, arichbottle-green.
- As for thesmallerbluestones,archaeologistsstilldisagreeabouttheiroriginsandtransport.
- The bluestones that make up themonumentarebelievedto haveoriginatedfrom the PreseliMountainsinWestWales.
- Hisdiguncoveredmassesoffragmentscarvedout of the bluestones bypeopletocreateamulets.
Geology: types of rock
- arenaceous
- arenite
- asthenosphere
- asthenospheric
- basaltic
- borax
- chalk
- emery
- feldspar
- flint
- limestone
- magma
- marcasite
- marl
- marmoreal
- metamorphic
- pumice
- pumice stone
- scour
- soapstone
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