[2753] In Chapter [13] of this Book.
[2754] “Golden stone.” A variety, perhaps, of the Thebaic stone with gold spots, mentioned in Chapter [13] of this Book.
[2755] Possibly so called from Χάλαζα, “hail,” it being, perhaps, a granite with spots like hailstones.
[2756] Sec Chapters [11] and [33] of this Book.
[2757] In consequence of its extreme hardness.
[2758] Phœnician stone and Tænarian stone do not appear to have been identified. Parian stone may probably have been white Parian marble.
[2759] See Chapter [12] of this Book.
[2760] Serpentine. See Chapters [11] and [30].
[2761] See B. iv. cc. 22, 23.
[2762] Ajasson identifies it with Ollar stone, talc, or soap-stone, a hydrous silicate of magnesia, and nearly allied to the Ophites of Chapters [11] and [30].