Black Stone
Black Stone (al-ḥajar al-aswad). A stone said to be of meteoric origin, variously thought to be of lava or basalt, and reddish-black in colour, some 12 inches in diameter, embedded in the eastern corner of the Kaʿba in Mecca. As the Kaʿba is the focus of Muslim devotion, being the ‘house of Allāh’, so is the Black Stone the holiest object.
More From encyclopedia.com
Stone , stone / stōn/ • n. 1. the hard, solid, nonmetallic mineral matter of which rock is made, esp. as a building material: the houses are built of stone |… cairn , cairn / ke(ə)rn/ • n. 1. a mound of rough stones built as a memorial or landmark, typically on a hilltop or skyline. ∎ a prehistoric burial mound mad… Cromlech , cromlech in Wales, a megalithic tomb consisting of a large flat stone laid on upright ones, a dolmen. In Brittany, the term denotes a circle of stand… Kidney Stones , Kidney stones are composed of crystals formed by chemicah that separate from the urine and that build up in the kidney. Most kidney stones pass out o… George Whetstone , whetstone •flagstone, ragstone •Blackstone, jackstone •sandstone • capstone • hearthstone •headstone • gemstone • whetstone •hailstone • gravestone •… I F Stone , (b. 24 December 1907 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; d. 18 June 1989 in Boston, Massachusetts), radical journalist and publisher of I. F. Stone's Week…
You Might Also Like
NEARBY TERMS
Black Stone