bluestone, common name for the blue, crystalline heptahydrate of cupric sulfate cupric sulfate (k
`prĭk sŭl`fāt, ky
..... Click the link for more information. called chalcanthite, a minor ore of copper. It also refers to a fine-grained, light to dark colored blue-gray sandstone. Deposits are extensively quarried as flagstone (paving stone) in New York and used commercially for buildings and paving stone.
bluestone [′blü‚stōn]
`prĭk sŭl`fāt, ky..... Click the link for more information. called chalcanthite, a minor ore of copper. It also refers to a fine-grained, light to dark colored blue-gray sandstone. Deposits are extensively quarried as flagstone (paving stone) in New York and used commercially for buildings and paving stone.
bluestone [′blü‚stōn]
(mineralogy)
(petrology)
A sandstone that is highly argillaceous and of even texture and bedding.
The commercial name for a feldspathic sandstone that is dark bluish gray; it is easily split into thin slabs and used as flagstone.
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