[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Science, technology and education](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science) › [Minerals and Metals in Ancient India](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.biswas-1996) › v2.c45.s8.3 # Minerals and Metals in Ancient India v2.c45.s8.3 Minerals and Metals in Ancient India v2.c45.s8.3 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c45.s8.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.biswas-1996.v2.c45.s8.3) \*Muṇḍaloha\* could be \*mṛdu\* type, which softens quickly, is smooth or glossy and does not break or is without fissure (\*abisphotam\*); it could be of \*kuntham\* variety which expands with great difficulty on hammering; or it could be \*kadāram\* type which breaks when struck with a hammer and has a black fracture (5.71-72). - [Previous: v2.c45.s8.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.biswas-1996.v2.c45.s8.2) - [Next: v2.c45.s8.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.biswas-1996.v2.c45.s8.4) - [Up: v2.c45.s8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.biswas-1996.v2.c45.s8) ## Cites (1) - [Rasaratnasamuccaya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.samuccaya.pramukha.rasaratnasamuccaya.5.71) — Vāgbhaṭa (alchemist), Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.biswas-1996.v2.c45.s8.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.biswas-1996.v2.c45.s8.3) · Pramāṇa