Talk:Toadstone

Going to start building this out
For whomever may have this watchlisted, and would like to help, I've begun gathering sources at, and have a draft workspace set up at:


 * User:Lawrence Cohen/work/Toadstone
 * User:Lawrence Cohen/work/Toadstone/draft

Feel free to help out, or dive in! Lawrence §  t / e  23:16, 12 April 2008 (UTC)

Allusions in D&D
In Dungeons & Dragons, the Slaad are a race of toad-like creatures which (in early editions) had gems embedded within the skull. I guess it might be OR to consider this related to the Toadstone, but thought it worth at least mentioning. --Starwed (talk) 09:27, 13 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Yes worth it-- interesting, thanks. 75.82.55.192 (talk) 12:34, 11 March 2016 (UTC)

in the United Kingdom
an igneous rock which frustrated the Derbyshire lead miners Toadstone   "Toad'stone` noun 1. (Min.) A local name for the igneous rocks of Derbyshire, England; -- said by some to be derived from the German todter stein, meaning dead stone , that is, stone which contains no ores. 2. Bufonite, formerly regarded as a precious stone, and worn as a jewel. See Bufonite ." Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/T/63 ... mikeL 25 07 10 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.238.234.205 (talk) 20:57, 25 July 2010 (UTC)

Proper Name
Since Bufonite is the proper name, shouldn't the page be moved to Bufonite? I would move the page myself, but I need consensus.

How did bufonite ever exist?
Wouldn't people quickly discover there is, in fact, no stone located within a toads head? Especially if they kept trying this multiple times. Is this article real or a joke? 75.82.55.192 (talk) 09:33, 12 March 2016 (UTC)

Old redirects
There are a lot of now incoherent to the inexperienced reader redirects to this page, that are all the "Various other names" that got removed in revision 770769766 (except Paddesteen who never had a redirect for some reason). Should we add back the section with a more encyclopedic style, blend it in other categories, or delete the obsolete redirects ? Altitud49 (talk) 13:13, 20 February 2023 (UTC)