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A Turkish saying, much in use.
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The pink topaz is made from the yellow, which, when of intense colour, is put into the bowl of a tobacco pipe, or small crucible, covered with ashes or sand: on the application of a low degree of heat, it changes its colour from a yellow to a beautiful pink. It contains fluoric acid, which may be the means of this change.—Mawe.
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From a Communication to the Philosophical Magazine, by Mr. R. Taylor.
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