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A Leaf from the Natural History of New Zealand

Stones, Earths, &c

Stones, Earths, &c.

Hamoamoa, clay

Haupapa, ledge of rocks

Hinangakore, green stone

Hinangarewa, green stone

Hinangatuhi, green stone

Hohanga, sandstone. Syn. with Onetai

Hohapa, green stone

Horete, a stone. Syn. with Ngahu

Ihu, swamp mud

Kahurangi, finest kind of green stone, having an opaline glistening look

Kamaka, a rock

Kamuka

Kapiti Kowatu, a stone cliff or precipice

Kapowai, petrified wood

Kara, a basaltic stone

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Karakatau, round pebbles; used as shot for pigeons

Kawakawa, green stone

Kawakawaaumoana, green stone

Kawakawarewa, green stone

Kawakawatongarerewa, green stone; very fine

Kawakawawatumu, bad kind of green stone

Keretu, clay

Kerewenua, yellow clay

Kerikeri, gravel

Kiripaka, flint stone

Kokowai, red ochre

Koma, basaltic stone

Kotiatia, a boulder

Kotore, steatite; eaten by the natives when much pressed by famine

Koropungapunga, pumice-stone

Kowatukara, limestone

Kowatukura, a red stone

Kupapahi, pyrites

Kurutai, green whinstone

Kurutongarerewa, green stone

Makahuri, a stone

Makowa, indurated sand

Manatuna, a whinstone

Mata, obsidian

Mataratara. Syn. with Kotiatia

Moa, a layer of stone; iron pyrites; ironstone

Mokehu, a white stone

Nehu, dust

Ngahu, a stone. Syn. with Horete

Nganga, a stone

Ngarahu, charcoal

Ngawa, sulphur

Ohanga

Okehu, pipe-clay rock

Oneone, earth

Oneharuru, good soil, like Taranaki

Onekeretu, stiff clay; same as the soil of Kerikeri and Kaitaia

Onekotai, swampy soil, subject to floods

Onekura, red earth; volcanic table land; Waimate soil

Onemangu, black or bog soil

Onematua, (Fatherland); strong marly valley, alluvial soil

Onepu, sea sand

Onetai. Syn. with Onepu

Onetai, sandstone. Syn. with Hohanga

Onetaipu, sand soil on the banks of rivers; light sandy alluvial loams

Oneware, waxy soil; rich greasy soil

Onoke, pipe-clay rock. Syn. with Okehu

Pahu, a sonorous stone; a bell

Pakeho, limestone

Papa, a ledge of rock

Pararahi, a flat stone

Parataua, green stone; a bad kind

Parau-umu, black soil

Paru, mud

Paru-ma, pipe-clay

Piaronga, iron

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Piauau, iron

Pikiki

Piripiriwata, a burr. (Carpodetus serratus)

Pora, iron. Syn. with Piauau

Pounamu, green stone; of which there are kinds; jade

Puehu, dust. Syn. with Nehu

Pungapunga, pumice stone

Pungarehu, ashes

Pungawerawera, brimstone

Pungawera, pumice stone

Rahoto, a scoriaceous stone

Rangitoto, lava

Rino, iron. Syn. with Pora

Tahoata, pumice stone

Tangiwai, green stone

Teko, a soft red stone

Toka, a stone; a rock in the sea

Totoeka, green tone

Tuhua, obsidian

Tungaherehere, green stone; bad

Wanariki, brimstone

Waro, coal

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