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
page 36Karakatau, 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
page 37Piauau, 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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