thunderstone
noun
thun·der·stone
ˈthən-dər-ˌstōn 
1
: any of various stones (such as a meteorite or an ancient artifact) regarded as having been cast to the earth as thunderbolts
2
archaic
: thunderbolt sense 1b
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Per Kangas et al., another 16th-century scholar named Mercati noted a striking resemblance of thunderstones to arrowheads brought back from the Americas, but his observation wasn't published until more than 100 years after the scholar's death.
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Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 19 Oct. 2023
There’s also a dungeon with a bunch of nasty monsters, and the eponymous Thunderstone which everyone is after.
—Jonathan H. Liu, WIRED, 10 Sep. 2010
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Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 19 Oct. 2023
There’s also a dungeon with a bunch of nasty monsters, and the eponymous Thunderstone which everyone is after.
—Jonathan H. Liu, WIRED, 10 Sep. 2010
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“Thunderstone.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/thunderstone. Accessed 30 Nov. 2024.
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