Recent Examples on the WebNow, Száz and Horváth have run 36,000 simulations to see how ships would have fared using the crystals, which are most well-known for their property of double refraction (anything viewed through Icelandic spar is seen twice over).—David Grossman, Popular Mechanics, 4 Apr. 2018
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