A detail of a relief in the tomb of Mereruka which depicts metalworkers and dwarfs employed in the manufacture of jewellery. The detail shows the metalworkers using blowpipes to force the forge fire.
Ancient procedures of gold cementation and gold scorification: considerations on their reliability through experimental archaeology, interpretation of chemical reactions and thermodynamics
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s. The most frequently cited mineral is misy. Misy is mentioned in Bolos, Dioscorides, Pliny, Galen, in the Leyden Payrus, in the texts of Zosimos, in the Mappae Clavicula and in De Re Metallica of Agricola, just to make some examples. Its identification as a mineral is not easy, as it is mentioned in many texts, sometimes in mutual contradiction. Many sources give a colorful description of the mineral and mining locations. From these clues and by performing a cross-check of the descriptions, and a confrontation with the common interpretations of other authors, such as Bandy et Bandy (2004), Hoover et Hoover (1950), Forbes (1964) and Craddock (Craddock et Ramage 2000), an identification of the mineral nature of misy has been attempted.
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