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The noun 'stone' is an uncountable (mass) noun as a word for a mineral substance; as a material noun as a word for something from which other things are made.

In this context, the plural noun 'stones' is a word specifically for 'types of or 'kinds of' stone.

Example: The grave markers were made of stones of several types.

The noun 'stone' as a word of a piece of mineral substance is a count noun; the plural noun 'stones' is a word for two or more pieces of a mineral substance.

Example: A gentoo penguin gathers stones and moss to build a nest.

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