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The Natural History of Pliny, Volume 6 (of 6)

Note 851 — BOOK XXXIII. THE NATURAL HISTORY OF METALS.647

John Bostock translation

The gold thus tested was called “obrussum,” “obryzum,” or “obrizum,” from the Greek ὄβρυζον, meaning “pure gold.”

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