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What kind of stone memnonia [Note] is, we do not find mentioned. Medea [Note] is a black stone, said to have been discovered by the Medea [Note] of fable: it has veins of a golden lustre, and yields a liquid like saffron in colour and with a vinous flavour. Meconitis [Note] strongly resembles poppies. Mithrax [Note] comes from Persia and the mountains of the Red Sea: it is of numerous colours, and reflects various tints when exposed to the sun. [Note] Morochthos [Note] is a stone of a leek-green colour, from which a milk exudes. Mormorion [Note] is a transparent stone from India, of a deep black colour, and known also as "promnion." When it has a mixture of the colour [Note] of carbunculus, it is from Alexandria; and when it shares that of sarda, [Note] it is a native of Cyprus. It is found also at Tyrus and in Galatia; and, according to Xenocrates, it has been discovered at the foot of the
Alps. These stones are well adapted for cutting in relief. [Note] Murrhitis [Note] has just the colour of myrrh, and very little of the appearance of a gem: it has the odour also of an unguent, and smells like nard when rubbed. Myrmecias [Note] is black, and has excrescences upon it like warts. Myrsinitis [Note] has a colour like that of honey, and the smell of myrtle. "Mesoleucos" [Note] is the name given to a stone when a white line runs through the middle; and when a black vein intersects any other colour, it is called "mesomelas." [Note]
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