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Venus hairstone
[
hair
-stohn ]
SHOW IPA
/ ˈhɛərˌstoʊn /
PHONETIC RESPELLING
noun
a variety of rutilated quartz, used as a gemstone.
Compare
sagenite
.
Origin of Venus hairstone
First recorded in 1880–85;
hair
+
stone