Violet Stones, stones found upon certain mountains, as on the Brocken and the Riesengebirge, which, in consequence of being covered with Violet Moss, emit a smell like that of violets. Violet Moss (Chroolepus Iolithus) consists of simple articulated threads, and spreads over the stones in the form of a delicate incrustation.
Violet Stones
Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 10: Swastika to Zyrianovsk and Index, p. 487
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