A lapidary, or, The history of pretious [sic] stones with cautions for the undeceiving of all those that deal with pretious [sic] stones / by Thomas Nicols ...

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Title: A lapidary, or, The history of pretious [sic] stones with cautions for the undeceiving of all those that deal with pretious [sic] stones / by Thomas Nicols ...
Author: Nicols, Thomas.
Publication: Cambridge [Cambridgeshire] :: Printed by Thomas Buck ...,; 1652.
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Subject terms: Precious stones -- Early works to 1800.
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CHAP. LXII. Of the Morochthus.

THe Morochthus is a white soft stone. It is good to make linen garments white withall, if it be first dissolved. It is said to be endued with a power of opening the pores of the body. Dioscorides saith it is found in Egypt; and Georg. Agricola saith it is found in Saxony, neare Heldeshim, where it is called Milchstein.

The Galactite is a kind of it, which is also called Galaxius: this is found in Egypt. The linen drapers with this stone do use to make their cloth white.