hard stone
noun
: an opaque usually semiprecious stone that can be shaped or carved (as for jewelry or mosaics)
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As the song unfolds, their voices begin to braid together like twin strands of ivy—a Scottish lilt and a Montana twang—creeping across a hard stone wall of fuzzy grunge guitars.
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Liam Hess, Vogue, 4 Feb. 2026
Clean, elevated, hard stone pendants are made easy to wear, when casually strung on a leather cord.
—Kate Matthams, Forbes.com, 23 Jan. 2026
And of course, the label on her crayon design in collaboration with Crayola can be personalized, while different colors are represented by hard stone leads and bottoms.
—Lily Templeton, Footwear News, 4 July 2025
The clear water in the hard stone, the light-brown colors shining through it, the mountain above us, the valley below, the silence.
—Karl Ove Knausgaard, Harpers Magazine, 29 Apr. 2025
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Liam Hess, Vogue, 4 Feb. 2026
Clean, elevated, hard stone pendants are made easy to wear, when casually strung on a leather cord.
—Kate Matthams, Forbes.com, 23 Jan. 2026
And of course, the label on her crayon design in collaboration with Crayola can be personalized, while different colors are represented by hard stone leads and bottoms.
—Lily Templeton, Footwear News, 4 July 2025
The clear water in the hard stone, the light-brown colors shining through it, the mountain above us, the valley below, the silence.
—Karl Ove Knausgaard, Harpers Magazine, 29 Apr. 2025
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“Hard stone.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hard%20stone. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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