Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from Folk-Lore of Precious Stones
Until the beginning of the present century, and even to-day in Italy, arrow-points made by primeval man have been known as fairy darts, and worn as amulets or charms. The celts and stone ham mers, strange to say, were called pimas da foudre, thunderbolts. The crystals of staurolite that are found in Brittany were believed to have fallen from the sky, and to them _were attributed certain powers to charm.
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