186 Extracts from the Persian Work called [March, 



monly called hadschrol-bokur, i. e. cow's-stone. The o-old 

 magnet is a pale yellow stone, which attracts gold, and the tin 

 magnet is a heavy sinking stone, which attracts tin. 



Sect. 2. Of their Mines. — They are found in Arabia, India, 

 and other places. 



Chap. XIV.— 0/Me Senbade.* (Quaery Spar?) (German Spath?) 



Sect. 1. Of the Properties of the Spar. — It is a hard stone, 

 which polishes iron and steel. It is distinguished from stones 

 ■which resemble it by its hardness, which is next to that of the 

 diamond, which alone scratches it. It is either reddish or 

 blueish. 



Sect. 2. Of the Mi)ies of the Spar. — It is found in many 

 places, as in India, Zanguebar, Siwas, Kerman, Nubia, and 

 Ethiopia. The best comes from Nubia and Siwas. 



Chap. XV.— Of the Malachite {Dehne). 



Sect. 1. Of the Properties of the Malachite. — The malachite 

 is a green stone, which has the colour of verdigrease, with red 

 and black spots. Some persons afhrni that in Turkistan a red 

 malachite, of the colour of the red jakut, is produced. The 

 dehne is of five kinds: 1. The leek-green. 2. Basihsk-green. 

 3. The black-green. 4. The white-green. 5. The emerald-green. 

 The p\ne malachite is called the sweet (schii'in), and the dull the 

 bitter (telch.) This is only valued very much in Syria and 

 Europe; when it is smeared with oil, it receives additional lustre; 

 when it is old and much worn it loses its beauty, and the white 

 of its spots turns yellow. It appears like the turquoise bright in 

 serene weather, and in cloudy, dull. If you rub it with natroa 

 and oil, yoii obtain the purest copper. 



Sect. 2. Of the Mines of the Malachite. — It is found in five 

 places : in the mountains of Mauritania, in Kerman, in Haske- 

 rek, near a city which was built by Efrassiab, in Turkistan, and 

 in Arabia, in the cavern of the Beni Salem. 



Chap. XVI. — Of the Lapis Lazuli (Ladschiwerd). 



Sect. 1. Of the Properties of the Lapis Lazuli. — Its four kinds 

 are; namely, 1. Bedachschi. 2. Gurdschi. 3. Dermari. 4. Xer- 

 mani. The first, i. e. that from Bedachschan, is divided into 

 that with gold spots, and into that without. Powdered lapis 

 lazuli thrown into the fire produces a many-coloured smoke. 



Sect. 2. Of the Alines of the Lapis Lazidi. — The most remark- 

 able of them is the lapis lazuli mountain in Chatlan, near 

 Bedachschan, but it is also found in Georgia, in Kerman, and ia 

 Other places. 



♦ Srnhade is most probably ihp dinmnnd ppar, or corundum ; and the word ppar 

 (spath) is more likely derived from senbad titan from spahen, from which Adelung 

 derives it. 



