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fossil
HSK 5
precious stone; gem / CL: , 顆|颗
HSK 4
ballast stone; (fig.) source of stability
foundation stone; cornerstone / (fig.) basis; foundation
bluestone / limestone (colloquial)
Jinguashi, town in Ruifang District, New Taipei City, Taiwan, noted for its historic gold and copper mines, used as a prisoner-of-war camp by the Japanese (1942-1945)
reef
HSK 7-9
soapstone
rock-solid
Wang Anshi (1021-1086), Song dynasty politician and writer, one of the Eight Giants 唐宋八大家
dripping water penetrates the stone (idiom); constant perseverance yields success / You can achieve your aim if you try hard without giving up. / Persistent effort overcomes any difficulty.
marble
diamond / CL: 顆|颗
HSK 7-9
stepping stone / fig. person used to advance one's career
(geology) rock
HSK 7-9
huge rock; boulder; monolith
granite
magnet
sand and stones
limestone
lit. to strike a stone with egg (idiom); to attempt the impossible / to invite disaster by overreaching oneself
Chiang Kai-shek (1887-1975), military leader, head of the Nationalist government in China 1928-1949 and the government in exile on Taiwan 1950-1975
marble
meteorite / aerolite / CL: 塊|块, 顆|颗
HSK 7-9
moonstone
orthoclase KAlSi3O8 (rock-forming mineral, type of feldspar)
Qi Baishi (1864-1957), famous Chinese painter
ruby
rocks / stones / rubble / riprap
touchstone / fig. test that sth is genuine
lapis lazuli
(mining) gangue
whetstone (for honing knives)
iron and stone
kidney stone
Dongshi or Tungshih Township in Chiayi County 嘉義縣|嘉义县, west Taiwan
obsidian (mining)
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surname Shi / abbr. for Shijiazhuang 石家莊|石家庄, the capital of Hebei
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  *石* | 石* | *石
dry measure for grain equal to ten dou ; one hundred liters / ancient pr. [shi2]
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  *石* | 石* | *石
rock / stone / stone inscription / one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 八音
niter / saltpeter / potassium nitrate KNO3
cobble; cobblestone; pebble
jade / jade and stone / (fig.) the good and the bad
dolomite
(mineralogy) apatite
as solid as rock (idiom); as sure as houses
Jianshi or Chienshih township in Hsinchu County 新竹縣|新竹县, northwest Taiwan
zeolite
gravel; crushed rock; rock debris
vermiculite
amphibole (silicate rock-forming mineral)
Lingshi county in Jinzhong 晉中|晋中, Shanxi
hectoliter / quintal
Natsume Sōseki (1867-1916), one of the first modern Japanese novelists
pumice
boulder
(medicine) calculus; stone
hydroxyapatite (calcium phosphate mineral forming bone and tooth enamel)
(mining) gangue / veinstone
falling stone
flint
sapphire
tourmaline
calcite (CaCO3 as rock-forming mineral)
tombstone; gravestone
flint
whetstone (for honing knives)
garnet
plagioclase (rock-forming mineral, type of feldspar)
precious stone / jewel
sandstone / sand and stone / aggregate
chlorite (geology)
flint (stone)
(mining) coal gangue
serpentine (geology)
pillar
fluorite CaF2 / fluorspar / fluor
pebble / cobblestone
gallstone
tin oxide SnO2 / cassiterite / tinstone
pyroxene (family of rock-forming minerals) / augite
living fossil
garnet (red gemstone Mg3Al2Si3O12)
stone (British unit of mass equal to 14 pounds (about 6.3 kilograms))
ornamental limestone rock (供石) from Yingde 英德, Guangdong
olivine (rock-forming mineral magnesium-iron silicate (Mg,Fe)2SiO4) / peridot
stromatolite
magnet
hornblende (rock-forming mineral, type of amphibole)
siliceous rock
opal
ocher (pigment)
metal and stone / fig. hard objects / inscription on metal or bronze
Rock Records, Taiwanese record label / the Rolling Stones, British rock band / Rolling Stone (magazine)
dental calculus; tartar
magnetite Fe3O4
whetstone / millstone
(old) rocks that can be dropped from a height onto an attacking enemy
otolith

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