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Categories: History of navigation, Polarization (waves), Navigational equipment, Gemstones in culture, Webarchive template webcite links
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sunstone  Icelandic solarstein  Icelandic sunstone  Medieval solarstone  Medieval sunstone
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The sunstone is a type of mineral attested in several 13th–14th-century written sources in Iceland, one of which describes its use to locate the Sun in a completely overcast sky. Wikipedia
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The sunstone is a type of mineral attested in several 13th–14th-century written sources in Iceland, one of which describes its use to locate the Sun in a completely overcast sky. Wikipedia
A crystal mentioned in medieval manuscripts in Iceland and supposed to reveal the position of the sun in overcast sky Wikipedia Disambiguation
Ancient navigational aid Wikidata
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navigational aid
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sunstone (medieval)
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sunstone
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Icelandic solarstein, Icelandic sunstone, Medieval solarstone, Medieval sunstone, Polarising crystal (navigation), polarizing crystal (navigation), Solarstone (medieval), sólarsteinn, Viking navigation, Viking sunstone

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