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To the same class of flame-coloured stones belongs that known as "lychnis;" [Note] so called from its lustre being height-
ened by the light of the lamp, under which circumstances its tints are particularly pleasing. It is found in the vicinity of Orthosia, throughout the whole of Caria, and in the neighbouring localities; but the most approved stones are those that come from India. Some writers have given the name of "deadened" [Note] carbunculus to a lychnis of second-rate quality, and similar in colour to the flower known as the "flower of Jove." [Note] I find other varieties also mentioned, one with a purple radiance, and another of a scarlet [Note] tint. It is asserted, too, that these stones, when heated or rubbed between the fingers, will attract [Note] chaff and filaments of paper.
| Pliny the Elder, Natural History (English) (XML Header) [genre: prose] [word count] [lemma count] [Plin. Nat.]. | ||
| <<Plin. Nat. 37.28 | Plin. Nat. 37.29 (Latin) | >>Plin. Nat. 37.30 |
