fairy stone

fairy stone
noun
1. : a stone arrowhead
2. : any of various concretions and fossils of odd or fantastic shape: as
a. : a staurolite crystal
b. : a fossil sea urchin

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1. a fossil or other oddly shaped stone or crystal.
2. a stone arrowhead.
3. a megalith or other stone monument of ancient origin.
[1785-95]

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fairy stone,
1. a fossil sea urchin of the Cretaceous period.
2. a clay concretion; clay stone.
3. a staurolite in the form of cruciform twins.
4. an arrowhead of stone.

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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