石

first oil crisis

dripstone

Word usually written using kana alone

chiton (any marine mollusk of the class Polyplacophora); sea cradle

Japanese chiton (Acanthopleura japonica)

Company name

INPEX (Japanese petroleum company)

unfeeling or callous person

whitish marble (from northern Ibaraki); white limestone

almandine

unprocessed stone; rubble

palynomorph; pollen fossil

soda lime

chopping tool; chopping stoneware

cationic soap; invert soap; positive soap

Japanese pond turtle (Mauremys japonica)

Geology

glacial erratic; erratic boulder; erratic block

Go (game)

captured pieces; captured stones

Proverb

a rolling stone gathers no moss

sore loser who stubbornly refuses to admit being wrong

Geology; Paleontology

index fossil; zone fossil; guide fossil; indicator fossil

Noun or verb acting prenominally

non-fossil (energy, fuel, etc.)

rutile

amphibole

Palaeolithic culture; Paleolithic culture

topaz

fossil water; paleowater; palaeowater