Part III. 
Of Gems. 
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folution of them , only powder’d 5 colour’d fomewhat 
like a folution of Gold, (a) (k) ibid. 
The Jewelers TOPAZ. Cbryfeleclron Plinij. This is an 
Oriental one. ’Tis of a perfpicuous Golden colour, with 
fome fcarlet fpots or like a deep Tincture of Saffron. 
The Whiter or Female TOPAZ. Compofed of feveral 
Cryftals, clear and colourlefs at the top 5 below, clear and 
yellow. Growing on a white Matrix, with a light yellowifh 
Tincture. They grow in Arabia, Bohemia, lyre. The belt in 
India and Baciriana: the Europeans , efpecially, being foft, 
and not without blackifh Clouds. The Oriental , the hard- 
eft of Gems , except the Diamond. And probably the Ruby. 
Found fometimes fo big as to weigh twelve pounds, (b) D) Boet. d 
Ass ujium, ft annum ufttum, Cinabar , and Cryftal, melted toge- G ™' & L 
ther, imitate a Topaz, iff) " WAidrov. 
The SMARAGDUS, growing together with a pale Arne- M- Meta!1 - 
thyjl in one Matrix. The Cryjials are angular, but feem to 
hold no proportion. 
The Occidental , fometimes as big as a mans fift, efpecially 
in Peru 3 but foft and cloudy. The Oriental, no bigger 
than a Filbert. The Europeans, in Cyprus, lyre, the worth 
Tis imitated id) with As ttftum , and half as much Crocus An ff 0 ' 
J fin. (inA\- 
Martis. ^ drov- M> 
Six Grains of this Stone, in powder, procureth fweat. (e) MLti) a ‘“ 
Applied entire to the Belly,ftopeth all kind of Dyfenetries in o/'muC 
a miraculous manner. (/) Wormian. 
A CLEAR and GREEN STONE, (a kind of Smarayy 
dus) which, being heated red hot, fhineth 111 the dark for *ierius. 
a confiderable time, fc. about T* of an hour. Given by 
Dr .William Crown. I tried the experiment my felt alfo. 
And at the fame time obferv’d, That as it grew hot in the 
fire, its Green colour was changed into a Sky-blew 3 which 
it like wife retain’d fo long as it continu’d to Ihine: but after 
that, recover d its native green again. 
The AGATE. So called from the River Achates in 
Sicily, near which it was firft found.(g) Almoft of the colour fe)Theo P br 
of clear Horn. The hardeft of Semiperfpicuous Gems. They ^ l l ‘ 
grow in India, Germany,Bohemia. Naturally adorned with 
much variety of waved and other figur’d Veins, Spots, the 
reprefentation of Vegetable, and fometimes of Animal 
Bodies. None more memorable, than that mention’d 
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