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iceland spar
CIDE DICTIONARY
iceland spar,
A transparent variety of calcite, the best of which is obtained in Iceland. It is used for the prisms of the polariscope, because of its strong double refraction. Cf. Calcite. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
iceland spar, n. a transparent variety of calcite with the optical property of strong double refraction.
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