Iceland spar

Transparent variety of calcite

Iceland spar, formerly called Iceland crystal (Icelandic: silfurberg [ˈsɪlvʏrˌpɛrk], lit. 'silver-rock') and also called optical calcite, is a transparent variety of calcite, a crystallized calcium carbonate, originally brought from Iceland and used in demonstrating the polarization of light.

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