garded this kind of gypsos as different from lime. Here it seems to mean ashes. In the same way, the translation "powdery" was used where κονία occurred in section 40, and τέφρα, a similar word, was translated as "ashes" in section 19.
69. From this it seems clear that its nature is entirely due to fire.
Since Theophrastus has completed his discussion according to the general principles that he announced at the beginning and systematically developed throughout the treatise, there is no need to assume, in spite of this abrupt ending, that it ever extended beyond its present length.
