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

Note 952 — BOOK XXXIII. THE NATURAL HISTORY OF METALS.647

John Bostock translation

Lead ore; identified with “molybdæna” in B. xxxiv. c. 53. Native sulphurate of lead is now known as “galena.” See Beckmann’s Hist. Inv. Vol. II. p. 211, where this passage is commented upon.

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