Greystone, a rock-term (now disused) for certain light gray lavas intermediate in character between trachytic and basaltic lavas. The greystones are probably all varieties of Trachyte (q.v.), but perhaps to some extent of liparite and even of basalt.
Greystone
Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 5: Friday to Humanitarians, p. 422
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