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Iceland Spar

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Noun

1. iceland spar

a transparent calcite found in Iceland and used in polarizing microscopes

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Iceland Spar

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noun
a pure transparent variety of calcite with double-refracting crystals used in making polarizing microscopes

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Iceland Spar

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a transparent, colorless calcite, found esp. in Iceland: it is used by opticians for making double-refracting prisms

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Iceland Spar

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n.
A doubly refracting transparent calcite used in optical instruments.

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