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Nimrud lens

The Nimrud lens, also called Layard lens, is a 3000-year-old piece of rock crystal, which was unearthed by Austen Henry Layard at the Assyrian palace of Nimrud, in modern-day Iraq. It may have been used as a magnifying glass, or as a burning-glass to start fires by concentrating sunlight, or it may have been a piece of decorative inlay.〔
==Description==
The lens is slightly oval, and was roughly ground, perhaps on a lapidary wheel.〔 It has a focal point about from the flat side, and a focal length of about 12 cm.〔〔 This would make it equivalent to a 3× magnifying glass. The surface of the lens has twelve cavities that were opened during grinding, which would have contained naptha or some other fluid trapped in the raw crystal. The lens is said to be able to focus sunlight although the focus is far from perfect. Because the lens is made from natural rock crystal the material of the lens has not deteriorated significantly over time.
The Nimrud lens is on display in the British Museum.

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