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ON THE VIRTUES OP FABULOUS STONES 199
David
Reich notes the four kinds of astroites, or "vic-tory stones," given by
De Boot ; the first, marked with small stars; the second, with
rose-like figures; the third, with wavy lines, like the convolutions of
a worm ; the fourth, with obscure and indefinite markings. To these
varieties Reich adds a fifth, the convex side of which was marked with
black crosses, while the other, flat side, showed larger crosses
surrounded by circles; all these markings were so perfect that an
artist could scarcely imitate them ; this specimen he
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had
set, with other precious gems, in a silver cross, the flat side of the
fossil, at the back of the cross, being covered by a heart-shaped topaz.83 These were all specimens of fossil coral.
The saga of Dietrich of Bern relates of King Nidung that
"Reichii, "Medicina universalis" [Vratislaviœ, 1691], p. 75. See Fig. 3, opp. p. 72.
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