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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 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, 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, 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, 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 (1925–2005), American artist
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