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Greenstone may refer to:
Geology
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Greenstone (archaeology)
Greenstone is a common generic term for valuable, green-hued minerals and metamorphosed igneous rocks and stones which early cultures used in the fashioning of hardstone carvings such as jewelry, statuettes, ritual tools, and various other artif ...
, various types of stone used by early cultures, covering
jade
Jade is a mineral used as jewellery or for ornaments. It is typically green, although may be yellow or white. Jade can refer to either of two different silicate minerals: nephrite (a silicate of calcium and magnesium in the amphibole group of ...
and similar stones
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Greenstone belt
Greenstone belts are zones of variably metamorphosed mafic to ultramafic volcanic sequences with associated sedimentary rocks that occur within Archaean and Proterozoic cratons between granite and gneiss bodies.
The name comes from the green ...
, Archean and Proterozoic volcanic–sedimentary rock sequences
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Isle Royale greenstone Chlorastrolite, found in the Keweenaw Peninsula of Michigan and Isle Royale in the US
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New Zealand Greenstone
Pounamu is a term for several types of hard and durable stone found in southern New Zealand. They are highly valued in New Zealand, and carvings made from pounamu play an important role in Māori culture.
Name
The Māori word , also ...
or Pounamu, several types of hard and durable stone found in southern New Zealand
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Greensand (geology), glauconite bearing sandstone and a geologic formation in the UK
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Greenschist, metamorphosed mafic volcanic rock and a metamorphic facies
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Elvan, a quartz-porphyry found in Cornwall, UK
Places
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Greenstone, Ontario
Greenstone is an amalgamated town in the Canadian province of Ontario with a population of 4,636 according to the 2016 Canadian Census. It stretches along Highway 11 from Lake Nipigon to Longlac and covers .
The town was formed in 2001, as part ...
, a municipality in Canada
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Greenstone Hill
Greenstone Hill is a suburb on the East Rand of Gauteng Province in the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality in South Africa. It has only recently been developed although much of the surrounding areas such as Edenvale and Modderfont ...
, a suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa
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Greenstone Point
Greenstone Point () is a high rock spur along the north front of the Jones Mountains of Antarctica, immediately east of Austin Valley. It was mapped by the University of Minnesota – Jones Mountains Party, 1960–61, and so named by them becaus ...
, a high rock spur along the north front of Jones Mountains, Antarctica
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Greenstone River
The Greenstone River is a river in the Otago Region of New Zealand. It arises as the McKellar Branch in the Ailsa Mountains and as the Pass Burn in the Thomson Mountains, and joins the Caples River to flow into upper Lake Wakatipu. It is probab ...
, river in the Otago/Southland region, New Zealand
Other
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Greenstone (software), an open source digital library software package
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Greenstone Building
The Greenstone Building, officially the Greenstone Government of Canada Building, and sometimes known as the Greenstone Government Building, is located on Franklin (50th) Avenue in downtown Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada. It is a fo ...
, a Canadian government building in Yellowknife
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Greenstone TV, a television production company, New Zealand
* Greenstone, the generics division of
Pfizer
See also
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List of greenstone belts
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Marion Greenstone
Marion Greenstone (1925 – November 21, 2005) was an American artist who lived and worked in Canada for several years.
She was born Marion Isaacson in New York City and received a BA from Brooklyn College and a MA from Columbia Universit ...
(1925–2005), American artist
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