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1 Ajasson is of opinion that the Dioptase, Siberian emerald, or Malachite emerald is meant.
2 Ajasson thinks that this may be the Dioptase or Achirite of Chinese Bucharia; and that the merchant Achir Mahmed, from whom it takes its name, was by no means the first to introduce it, or to circulate his wonderful stories as to its formation.
3 See B. ii. cc. 47, 48, and B. xviii. c. 74.
4 Mount Zalora, in Upper Egypt, still produces emeralds, and was probably the only locality of the genuine stone that was known to the ancients.
5 "Cetarias,"
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