Iberian quartz crystal artifacts

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E.P. Grondine

Iberian quartz crystal artifacts

Post by E.P. Grondine »

I know Sheppard will enjoy seeing these:
https://www.researchgate.net/publicatio ... ille_Spain

Anyone here seen anything like them within the Iberian trade range?

There are sure to be many failed points at the crystal source(s).
kbs2244
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Any possible link to the Nordic use as "Sun Stones?"
Tiompan
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kbs2244 wrote:Any possible link to the Nordic use as "Sun Stones?"

No, the Scandinavian "Sun Stones " are a type of calcite , quite different from quartz .
However , in Gaelic ,quartz is Griancloch which means Sun stone .
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