Chap. 63.] MOUMOEION OE PEOMNION. 453 



Leucopoecilos^^ is wliite, variegated with drops of vermilion of 

 a golden hue. Libanochrus"'*' strongly resembles frankincense, 

 and yields a liquid like honey. Limoniatis^^ would appear to 

 be the same as smaragdus ; and all that we find said about 

 liparea''^ is, that employed in the form of a fumigation, it al- 

 lures all kinds of wild beasts. Lysimachos resembles Ehodian 

 marble, with veins of gold : in polishing it, it is reduced very 

 considerably in size, in order to remove all defects. Leuco- 

 chrysos" is a kind of chrysolithos interspersed with white. 



CHAP. 63. — MEMNONIA. MEMA. MECONITIS. MITHEAX. MO- 

 ROCHTHOS. MORMOKION OR PEOMNION. MTJERHITIS. MYR- 

 MECIAS. MYRSINITIS. MESOLETJCOS. MESOMELAS. 



What kind of stone memnonia'''^ is, we do not find men- 

 tioned. Medea^'* is a black stone, said to have been discovered 

 by the Medea'^ of fable : it has veins of a golden lustre, and 

 yields a liquid like safi'ron in colour and with a vinous flavour. 

 Meconitis" strongly resembles poppies. Mithrax^^ comes from 

 Persia and the mountains of the Eed Sea : it is of numerous 

 colours, and reflects various tints when exposed to the sun.''' 

 Morochthos^^ is a stone of a leek-green colour, from which a milk 

 exudes. Mormorion^^ is a transparent stone from India, of a 

 deep black colour, and known also as '* promnion." When it 

 has a mixture of the colour^'' of carbunculus, it is from Alex- 

 andria ; and when it shares that of sarda,^^ it is a native of 

 Cyprus. It is found also at Tyrus and in Galatia ; and, ac- 

 cording to Xenocrates, it has been discovered at the foot of the 



69 " Variegated with white." ''^ '« Yellow incense." 



'1 "Meadow-green stone." " «Fat stone." 



73 H White gold." Ajasson thinks that this may have been either a sub- 

 variety of Hyalin amethystine quartz, a yellow quartz or false topaz, or 

 else an unctuous, white quartz, either opaque or transparent. 



'* " Stone of Memnon." 



75 This reading seems preferable to "Media," given by the Bamberg 

 and some other MSS. 



'6 The enchantress of Colchis. The stone, no doubt was as fabulous as 

 the enchantress. '^ " Poppy stone." 



''8 For the origin of this name, see " Eumithres," in Chapter 68, Note 

 22. '^ It was probably a kind of Opal. 



^ The reading here is very doubtful. 



81 This reading also is doubtful : it is probably an Eastern word. Ac- 

 cording to some authorities, this stone was a dark-brown rock crystal. 

 Ajasson identifies it with Schorl or black Tourmaline, with a base of Mag- 



jsia. ^- lied Tourmaline, possibly, or Kubellite. 



^ Carnelian. See Chapter 31 of this Book. 



