History of Chemistry in Ancient and Medieval India, Incorporating the History of Hindu Chemistry by Acharya Prafulla Chandra Ray c29.s1.7
History of Chemistry in Ancient and Medieval India, Incorporating the History of Hindu Chemistry by Acharya Prafulla Chandra Ray c29.s1.7
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Diamond is to be placed in a covered crucible, the inside of which has been coated with realgar, rubbed with the decoction of *kulattha* and the juice of *Artocarpus lakoocha* and roasted eight times in succession in the fire of dry cow-dung cakes. It is then heated hundred times and thrown into pure mercury—the diamond is thus killed and reduced to fine ashes. 38-39