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Gunstone vs Sunstone - What's the difference?

gunstone | sunstone |

As nouns the difference between gunstone and sunstone

is that gunstone is (obsolete) a cannonball while sunstone is (mineralogy) a translucent form of feldspar having flakes of hematite, used as an ornamental stone.

gunstone

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (obsolete) A cannonball.
    • (Shakespeare)
    (Webster 1913)

    sunstone

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia sunstone) (en noun)
  • (mineralogy) A translucent form of feldspar having flakes of hematite, used as an ornamental stone.

    • See also

    *aventurine, aventurin, avanturine *moonstone