Minerals and Metals in Ancient India v2.c43.s3.t7.17
Minerals and Metals in Ancient India v2.c43.s3.t7.17
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It was recognised that quartz occurs in many forms and colours: nānārūpam manoharam (NRP, 153), śuddhasphaṭika garbheṣu rāgānām ekaviṃśati (AM, 324) ‘Twenty-one different kinds of colours may appear in the matrix of pure quartz’. The variety from the Vindhya mountains and the shores of the Tāptī had the shade like the leaves of the Aśoka flower and brightness of the seed of the pomegranate: aśokapallavacchāyam dāḍimibījasannibham (NRP, 157; MM, 439) aśokamadhuvartikam (AM, 322).