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Cassiterite, 178, 180, 208
Catapotium, 55
Causticity of minerals, 13
Celsus, Cornelius, 58
Ceragate, 141
Cerargyrite, 206, 207
Chalcanthite, 50, 54-55
Chalcedony, 13, 102-104, 134, 141
Chalcocite, 207
Chalcophone, 162
Chalk, 5, 12, 28, 31, 33, 89
Chalybs, 182
Charadra, 113
Chatoyant minerals, 122-123
Chian earth, 30
Chrysaspides, 174
Chrysoberyl, 128
Chrysocolla, 5, 53, 54-55, 126, 203
Chrysolite, see peridot
Chrysoprase, 127, 128, 129
Chrysotile, see asbestos
Cimolia earth (cimolite), 21, 28, 30, 31,
32 Cinnabar, 190, 199-200, 206, 207-208 Citrine, 120-121 Clay, 21, 25-27 Cleavage, 10, 11 Coal, 66-68, 69, 70, 202-203 Cobaltum, 214
Coherence, 11 Coinage, 183, 185 Collyria, 29-30 Color in minerals, 5-6
Combustion of minerals, 11-12 Composite minerals, 17 Concretions, 14,
97, 98, 112, 142, 146 Concretus, 48 Congealed juices, 18 Copiapite, 48-51 Copper, 176-178
acetate, 196-197
arsenides, 19
caldarium, 176
compounds, 195, 196-197
coronarium, 176
flowers of, 194, 198
minerals, 207
oxide, 19, 194
plating, 189-190
refining, 176
regulare, 176
scale, 195
subacetate, 176, 177, 196-197
white, 176, 187-188 Coquina, 161
Coral, 12, 14, 80-82, 88, 143, 166 Corundum, 108, 114, 130 Crinoids, 12, 97, 101 Crucibles, 26 Ctseias, 71
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Cuprite, 194
Datolite, 144
Democritus, 1, 79
Demostratus, 71
Dendritic agate, 141
Dercyllus, 2
Diamond, 11, 114-115, 121-122
δίδωρος, 165
Didymus Alexandrinus, 2
Diemachus, 169
Dinocrates, 85
Diodorus Siculus, 45
Diogenes, 2
Dionysius Afer, 2, 71, 126, 130, 141
Dioscorides, 29, 52, 66, 67, 80, 102, 139,
175, 176, 181, 194, 195, 209, 213 Dorotheus Chaldaeus, 2 Doublets, 116
Earth, 17-18, 21-35, 218
asphaltic, 66
bituminous, 61, 66, 202
classification of, 21-22
fullers, 27-28
impregnated, 202-203
medicinal, 29
painters, 28
potters, 25-27
varieties, 22-23 Earthen vessels, 167 in cippoos, 109 Electrum, 19, 183-184 Emerald, 124-126, 129
similar to borax, 126 Emery, 9, 114-115 Empedocles Agrigentinus, 84 Enhydros, 102, 104
€ΐΌσέω$, 107
Epiphaneus, 2 Erastosthenes, 176 Eretria earth, 32-33 Euax Maurus, 68 Euripides, 71 Eye-agate, 14-15, 142
Fabius
Pictor, 39 Feldspar, 123 Fertilizers, 24-25 Festus, S. Pompeius, 96
Fissile rocks, 162 Flexibility in minerals, 10 Flint, 12, 110
Flowers of copper, 194, 198 Fluores, 9, 108-109 Fluorite, 108-109 Foam of lead, 195-196 Focus, 190
Foil backs, 115, 137, 138 Fornacei, 27
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