thunderstone

Etymology

From thunder + stone.

noun

  1. (archaic) A thunderbolt.
  2. A stone or fossil thought to be, or be caused by, a thunderbolt striking the earth.
    Thunderstones are sacred to the vodounist, forged as they are by Sobo and Shango, the spirits of thunder and lightning. 1985, Wade Davis, The Serpent and the Rainbow, Simon & Schuster, page 94
  3. A belemnite.

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