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Lepidotis [Note] is a stone of various colours, and resembles the scales of fish in appearance. Lesbias, so called from Lesbos which produces it, is a stone found in India as well. Leucophthalmos, [Note] which in other respects is of a reddish hue, presents all the appearance of an eye, in white and black.
Leucopœcilos [Note] is white, variegated with drops of vermilion of a golden hue. Libanochrus [Note] strongly resembles frankincense, and yields a liquid like honey. Limoniatis [Note] would appear to be the same as smaragdus; and all that we find said about liparea [Note] is, that employed in the form of a fumigation, it allures all kinds of wild beasts. Lysimachos resembles Rhodian marble, with veins of gold: in polishing it, it is reduced very considerably in size, in order to remove all defects. Leucochrysos [Note] is a kind of chrysolithos interspersed with white.
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