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Geology

Greenstone (archaeology) Greenstone is a common generic term for valuable, green-hued minerals and metamorphosed igneous rocks and stones which early cultures used in the fashioning of hardstone carvings such as jewelry, statuettes, ritual tools, and various other art ...

, various types of stone used by early cultures, covering

jade Jade is an umbrella term for two different types of decorative rocks used for jewelry or Ornament (art), ornaments. Jade is often referred to by either of two different silicate mineral names: nephrite (a silicate of calcium and magnesium in t ...

and similar stones *

Greenstone belt Greenstone belts are zones of variably metamorphosed mafic to ultramafic volcanic sequences with associated sedimentary rocks that occur within Archaean and Proterozoic cratons between granite and gneiss bodies. The name comes from the green h ...

, Archean and Proterozoic volcanic–sedimentary rock sequences * Isle Royale greenstone Chlorastrolite, found in the Keweenaw Peninsula of Michigan and Isle Royale in the US *

Pounamu Pounamu is a term for several types of hard and durable stone found in the South Island of New Zealand. They are highly valued in New Zealand, and carvings made from pounamu play an important role in Māori culture. Name The Māori word ...

(New Zealand jade/greenstone), several types of hard and durable stone found in southern New Zealand *

Greensand (geology) Greensand or green sand is a sand or sandstone which has a greenish color. This term is specifically applied to shallow marine sediment that contains noticeable quantities of rounded greenish grains. These grains are called ''glauconies'' and co ...

, glauconite bearing sandstone and a geologic formation in the UK *

Greenschist Greenschists are metamorphic rocks that formed under the lowest temperatures and pressures usually produced by regional metamorphism, typically and 2–10 kilobars (). Greenschists commonly have an abundance of green minerals such as Chlorite ...

, metamorphosed mafic volcanic rock and a metamorphic facies *

Elvan Elvan is a name used in Cornwall and Devon for the native varieties of quartz-porphyry. They are dispersed irregularly in the Devonian series of rocks and some of them make very fine building stones (e.g. Pentewan stone, Polyphant stone and Cat ...

, a quartz-porphyry found in Cornwall, UK

Places

Greenstone, Ontario Greenstone is a single-tier municipality in the Canadian province of Ontario with a population of 4,636 according to the 2016 Canadian census. It stretches along Highway 11 from Lake Nipigon to Longlac and covers . The town was formed in 2001, ...

, a municipality in Canada *

Greenstone, Queensland Greenstone is a rural locality in the City of Moreton Bay, Queensland, Australia. History In April 2023, the Queensland Government decided to reflect the growing population of the region by creating five new localities named Corymbia, Greensto ...

, a locality in the Moreton Bay Region, Australia *

Greenstone Hill Greenstone Hill is a suburb on the East Rand in the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality in the Gauteng province of South Africa. It is in-between Edenvale to the south and Modderfontein to the north. Transport It is located within a ...

, a suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa *

Greenstone Point The Jones Mountains () are an isolated group of mountains, trending generally east–west for , situated on the Eights Coast, Ellsworth Land, Antarctica, about south of Dustin Island. Location The Jones Mountains lie to the south of the Eigh ...

, a high rock spur along the north front of Jones Mountains, Antarctica *

Greenstone River The Greenstone River is a river in the Otago Region of New Zealand. It arises as the McKellar Branch in the Ailsa Mountains and as the Pass Burn in the Thomson Mountains, and joins the Caples River to flow into upper Lake Wakatipu. It is prob ...

, river in the Otago/Southland region, New Zealand

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Greenstone (software) Greenstone is a suite of software tools for building and distributing digital library collections on the Internet or CD-ROM. It is open-source, multilingual software, issued under the terms of the GNU General Public License. Greenstone is prod ...

, an open source digital library software package *

Greenstone Building The Greenstone Building, officially the Greenstone Government of Canada Building, and sometimes known as the Greenstone Government Building, is located on Franklin (50th) Avenue in downtown Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada. It is a four ...

, a Canadian government building in Yellowknife *

Greenstone Financial Services Greenstone Financial Services (Greenstone) is an insurance distributor founded in 2007 in Sydney, Australia. It specialises in designing, marketing, distributing, and administering personal insurance products, including life, funeral, income protect ...

, an Australian insurance distributor *

Greenstone TV Greenstone TV (or simply Greenstone) is a New Zealand-based television production A television show, TV program (), or simply a TV show, is the general reference to any content produced for viewing on a television set that is broadcast ...

, a television production company, New Zealand * Greenstone, the generics division of

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