Brewer's: Rock Crystal

The specimens which enclose hair-like substances are called Thetis's hair-stone, Venus's hair-stone, Venus's pencils, Cupid's net, Cupid's arrows, etc.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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