Minerals and Metals in Ancient India v2.c45.s7.13

v2.c45.s7.13

A good variety of *ritikā* or *rīti* was stated to be heavy, soft, yellow, resistant to hammering or malleable (*tāḍanakṣamā*), brilliant and smooth. An unsatisfactory variety is pale yellow, hard, rough with spots, not malleable, foul-smelling (high sulphur?) and not suitable for medicinal purposes (5.193-194).