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

Note 887 — BOOK XXXIII. THE NATURAL HISTORY OF METALS.647

John Bostock translation

Deep mines in Spain are still called arrugia, a term also used to signify gold beneath the surface. According to Grimm, arruzi was the ancient High German name for iron.

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