sunstone
/ˈsʌnstoʊn/
noun
- A type of feldspar mineral that has a sparkling, golden or reddish shimmer, often used as a gemstone.
- Sunstone is popular in jewelry because of its warm, glowing appearance.
- The ring featured a sunstone that caught the light and sparkled.
- She wore a beautiful necklace with a polished sunstone pendant.
- A type of translucent stone believed by some to have been used by ancient Vikings as a navigational aid to locate the sun on cloudy days.
- Some historians think Vikings used a sunstone to navigate across the Atlantic.
- Legends say the sunstone helped sailors determine direction even when the sky was overcast.
- The museum displayed a replica of a Viking sunstone used for finding the sun.
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