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Panchrus [Note] is a stone which displays nearly every colour. Pangonus [Note] is no longer than the finger: the only thing that prevents it from being taken for a crystal, is, its greater number of angles. What kind of stone paneros [Note] is, Metrodorus does not inform us; but he gives some lines, by no means without elegance, that were written upon this stone by Queen Timaris, and dedicated to Venus; from which we have reason to conclude that certain fecundating virtues were attributed to it. By some writers it is called panerastos. [Note] Of the stone called "pontica" [Note] there are numerous varieties: one is stellated, and presents either blood-red spots, or drops like gold, being reckoned in the number of the sacred stones. Another, in place of stars, has streaks of the same colour, and a fourth presents all the appearance of mountains and valleys.
Phloginos, [Note] also called "chrysitis," [Note] strongly resembles Attic ochre, [Note] and is found in Egypt. Phœnicitis [Note] is a stone so called from its resemblance to a date. Phycitis receives its name from its resemblance to sea-weed. [Note] Perileucos [Note] is the name given to a gem, in which a white colour runs down from the margin of the stone to the base. Pæanitis, [Note] by some called "gæanis," [Note] conceives, it is said, and is good for females at the time of parturition: this stone is found in Macedonia, near the monument [Note] of Tiresias there, and has all the appearance of congealed water.
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