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whet stone, hone [JV]

whetstones, hone [RY]

1) rock joints or very hard rock for polishing turquoise, coral etc. or grinding medicine; 2) former clan; 3) whetstone, hone (/ ?? [IW]

(med) Granite (Yeshi 2018). Synonym : 'dzing
'dzing [138] gis rma rnying sha ro sel bar byed / ces pa la / dkar sngo gnyis yod pa'i dkar po la sngo la thig dang gser bye 'dres pa 'byung ba'i rdo rgyu ni / lha sa'i rdo ring gi rgyu de yin yang de las dkar shas che ba'o / sngon po ni / de las sngo ba dangs pa kha dog nas sngon ma smin pa'i gsus gsar btags pa'i zan 'dra ba / gnyis kas pha lam ltar g.yu byur brdar / dra thub pa'o // (Shel gong shel phreng, pdf p 137.6)

Granite is a commodity term and refers to rocks composed mostly of quartz and alkali-feldspar (mindat.org). For quartz see shel
Johannes Schmidt (talk) 02:31, 27 February 2024 (EST)