sunstone.
A translucent form of feldspar having flakes of hematite, used as an ornamental stone.
Meaning & usage
A translucent form of feldspar having flakes of hematite, used as an ornamental stone.
A stone, possibly Icelandic spar, said in late medieval sources to have been used by navigators in the Viking Age and later to find the location of the sun in an overcast sky, possibly via polarization of light.
Where this word comes from
sun + stone. Compare Icelandic sólarsteinn.
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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.