Hi All ,.. Last Sunday [3-3-13] the History channal aired it's new series "VIKINGS" ,. and I beleive its going to be a great series at that !
Anyway ,. in this first epesode the lead / key viking ,. believe his name is Ole[?] shows his brother [Sven?] a piece of "sun-stone" ,. which he believes could be used to help them navigate in open water . This mere 4 sec blip of this "sun-stone'" is for sure a taste of things to come ,. for these wayward Vikings !!
Ole's "sun-stone" is what I believe to be ,. Iolite ,.. A.K.A. ,. Water Sapphire ,. Cordierite[mineralogy] and the Viking Compass Stone . Iolite has a unique property of letting light pass through it's crystalline structure in one direction only ,. but turn the stone the light is scattared ,. giving the stone it's blue- violet color . It's this property the vikings found useful ,.. even on gray overcast days ,. when you can't see where the sun is at in the sky ,.. Iolite will only let direct light pass [polarization ?] ,. revealing the location of the sun . And if your a boy scout ,.. or a viking ,.. supose you can do somthing with that ??
Now ,. in two of the pic's here I'm try'n to show this color change of clear to purple with a piece of uncut iolite ,.. hope ya'll can see it ? Funny thing ,. for the life of me I coudn't get the cut stones to do it ,. must have somthing to do with the magic of a well cut stone ?? And there's only a few with the magic to cut iolite ,. as I was told anyway ,,.?
These 3 cut stones were given /my take for help'n with location of deposit . I didn't find the one stone that these where cut from ,. that one stone was about 3 Kilo and was sent off to be cut ,. it held about 20,000 Aus. $ [30,000 U.S. $ ] at the time '76-'77 ?
Anyway ,.. there you go ,. ya'll should watch this new series Vikings ,. some great cheractors ,. Ole,. Sven,. Ole's wife Lina ,. she's very hot !!,. and theres that crazy swede,. "Lars the tree hugger" ,. He has "Issues", .
Swing'n a sword ,.or a detector what ever gets ya the GOLD ,. tis all good ,.. Blindpig
Anyway ,. in this first epesode the lead / key viking ,. believe his name is Ole[?] shows his brother [Sven?] a piece of "sun-stone" ,. which he believes could be used to help them navigate in open water . This mere 4 sec blip of this "sun-stone'" is for sure a taste of things to come ,. for these wayward Vikings !!
Ole's "sun-stone" is what I believe to be ,. Iolite ,.. A.K.A. ,. Water Sapphire ,. Cordierite[mineralogy] and the Viking Compass Stone . Iolite has a unique property of letting light pass through it's crystalline structure in one direction only ,. but turn the stone the light is scattared ,. giving the stone it's blue- violet color . It's this property the vikings found useful ,.. even on gray overcast days ,. when you can't see where the sun is at in the sky ,.. Iolite will only let direct light pass [polarization ?] ,. revealing the location of the sun . And if your a boy scout ,.. or a viking ,.. supose you can do somthing with that ??
Now ,. in two of the pic's here I'm try'n to show this color change of clear to purple with a piece of uncut iolite ,.. hope ya'll can see it ? Funny thing ,. for the life of me I coudn't get the cut stones to do it ,. must have somthing to do with the magic of a well cut stone ?? And there's only a few with the magic to cut iolite ,. as I was told anyway ,,.?
These 3 cut stones were given /my take for help'n with location of deposit . I didn't find the one stone that these where cut from ,. that one stone was about 3 Kilo and was sent off to be cut ,. it held about 20,000 Aus. $ [30,000 U.S. $ ] at the time '76-'77 ?
Anyway ,.. there you go ,. ya'll should watch this new series Vikings ,. some great cheractors ,. Ole,. Sven,. Ole's wife Lina ,. she's very hot !!,. and theres that crazy swede,. "Lars the tree hugger" ,. He has "Issues", .
Swing'n a sword ,.or a detector what ever gets ya the GOLD ,. tis all good ,.. Blindpig
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