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Chrysolithus, Oriental Topaz

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CHRYSOLITHUS.
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being worn as a bracelet on the left arm, it drove away demons, and dispelled the terrors of the night.
Marbodus already distinguishes the yellow Corundum as the Ctrinus, a designation, Citrino, still retained for it by the Italian jewellers, and much more appropriate than the erroneous and arbitrary distinction of Oriental Topaz.
His Citrini, like the two other species of Hyacinthi, protected the -wearer from danger in travelling, against pestilential air, and gave them favour with princes.
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