lonestone

English

Noun

lonestone (plural lonestones)

  1. (geology) An oversize, exotic stone encased in finer sediment and either lacking or associated with obvious evidence of having dropped into the sediment from above.Cf: dropstone[1][2]

References
  1. Neuendorf, K.K.E., J.P. Mehl, Jr., and J.A. Jackson, eds. (2005) Glossary of Geology (5th ed.). Alexandria, Virginia, American Geological Institute. 779 pp. →ISBN
  2. Ojakangas, R. W., 1985, Evidence for Early Proterozoic glaciation: the dropstone unit-diamictite association: Geological Survey of Finland Bulletin 351, p. 51–72.
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