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Lyngurium or
Ligurium is the name of a
mythical gemstone believed to be
formed of the
solidified urine of the lynx (the best ones
coming from wild males)...
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Retrieved 4
September 2021. Walton,
Steven A. (2001). "Theophrastus on
Lyngurium:
Medieval and
Early Modern Lore from the
classical Lapidary Tradition"...
- Josephus, and
equated with
lyngurium, but
Luther used
hyacinth (jacinth), and
during the
Renaissance belief in
lyngurium died away.
Modern scholars are...
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described it as
lyngurium, lynx
urine which had been
buried and solidified.
Pliny the Elder, in the
first century CE, did not
believe in
lyngurium and called...
- tourmaline,
which made
mineralogists of the time ****ociate the
lyngurium with it.
Lyngurium is
described in the work of
Theophrastus as
being similar to...
- with
attractive properties akin to amber.
Known as
lapis lyncurius or
lyngurium, the
mythical lynx
stone was
later mentioned by
Pliny the
Elder and Ovid;...
- made
mineralogists of the time ****ociate the
legendary stone Lyngurium with it.
Lyngurium is
described in the work of
Theophrastus as
being similar to...
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January 2010.,
available at Connexions. Walton, S.A.,
Theophrastus on
Lyngurium:
medieval and
early modern lore from the
classical lapidary tradition...
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depict the two
earrings named –
Alakshya and Niranjana. (Hindu mythology)
Lyngurium (also Ligurium), the name of a
mythical gemstone believed to be formed...
- for
later medieval interpretations of gemstones. In his
examination of
lyngurium—a
mythical gemstone described by Theophrastus—Steven A.
Walton discusses...
