Minerals and Metals in Ancient India v2.c43.s3.t11.15
Minerals and Metals in Ancient India v2.c43.s3.t11.15
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v2.c43.s3.t11.15
निगौरम् असितम् स्वच्छम् नीलस्वच्छम् समं गुरु शिखिकण्ठदृढ़म् शुद्धम् राजावर्ते गुणा दश *nirgauram asitam svaccham nīlasvaccham samam guru* *śikhikaṇṭhadṛḍham śuddham rājāvarte guṇā daśa* *Rājāvarta* is not white (distinguished from white calcite which may be associated with it — author but blue or dark blue like the neck of a peacock. (*Laghu-Ratnaparīkṣā*, 19)