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De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556

Note 43 — BOOK IX.[1] (continued 2)

Herbert Hoover translation

Cadmia metallica fossilis (see note on p. 112). This was undoubtedly the complex cobalt-arsenic-zinc minerals found in Saxony. In the German translation, however, this is given as Kalmey, calamine, which is unlikely from the association with pyrites.

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