[3461] De Lapidibus.
[3462] He alludes to petrified shells, most probably.
[3463] “Phaleræ.” See B. vii. c. 2, and B. xxxiii. c. [6].
[3464] “Nature;” i.e. “works of Nature.”
[3465] “Lenticula.” Like a lentil in shape.
[3466] Substituting garnets for rubies, as an illustration.
[3467] “Minium.” See Chapter [23] of this Book.
[3468] Lest the deception should be commonly practised. Seneca, Epist. 19, mentions one Democritus, who had discovered the art of making artificial Emeralds. See further on this subject, Beckmann, Hist. Inv. Vol. 1. p. 124. Bohn’s Edition.
[3469] Ten in the morning.