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

Note 2949 — BOOK XXXVII. THE NATURAL HISTORY OF PRECIOUS STONES.

John Bostock translation

“Centra,” knots, or flaws. See B. xvi. c. 76, where he speaks of the “centra” in marble. See also Beckmann, Hist. Inv. Vol. I. p. 471. Bohn’s Edition.

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