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Anthropology

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2. I think its conjecture on the child's eye senario

Mon Sep 22, 2014, 03:10 AM

Sep 2014

though a plausible one.

There is also the possibility of the use of 'reading balls' using clear quartz. The early Hindus, Greeks and Romans used small ones as reading balls (magnifiers). ...

http://www.rockhoundingar.com/qtzgems.php

The History of Lapidary
http://www.gemsociety.org/article/the-history-of-lapidary/

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Stonehedge fine goldwork compared to sewing needle [View all] Ichingcarpenter Sep 2014 OP

I think its conjecture on the child's eye senario Ichingcarpenter Sep 2014 #2

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