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FUN BREAK: Crystal found in wreckage likely to be legendary ‘Viking sunstone’

Cecilia Jamasmie | March 08, 2013 | 5:40 pm Europe Diamond 

Researchers from the University of Rennes in France say a calcite crystal that was discovered in the wreckage of a 421-year-old ship could be a sunstone, the legendary crystal believed to have helped Vikings navigate the oceans. In a paper...

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