Matskási István (szerk.): A Magyar Természettudományi Múzeum évkönyve 91. (Budapest 1999)

Kázmér, M. ; Papp, G.: Minerals from the Carpathians in an eighteenth-century British collection

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8. Cinnabar. Out of a River in Hungary. Sir Isaac Newton. {E-9-18} Tiny, rounded pebbles. Cinnabar was often washed from alluvial deposits due to its high density, p. 21. Sect. 2. Arsenium. Arsenick x

o.3. Auripigmentum. Native yellow Arsenick, with Veins of red Arsenick, and glossy Talc-like flakes; found near Newsohl <Neusohl>, in Hungary, in great Quantity. They dig up Pieces as fine, and some finer than this of two and three hundred Pound Weight. 'Tis soft like Castile soap when first dug up. It lies in Masses in Clay. The Flores of this being melted, become transparent, and of a fine red Colour. There is nothing else got in these Pits; nor is it usually found in any of the Mines of Metal in Hungary or Saxony. 'Tis found from 10 to 30 Fathom deep. {E-8-54} Auripigmentum [L]: orpiment. The locality "near Newsohl" is Tajov (formerly Tajova or Tajó), 6 km NWN from the town, where orpiment was mined already in the Middle Ages. x

o.4. Orpiment, small, in form of Powder, otherwise not different from the precedent. 'Tis found in the same place with that: and generally above it; being mingled with Clay in the Strata, from which 'tis parted by washing. {E-8-55} x

o.l0. Arsenick; held to the Fire it liquates, and emits Fumes partly arsenical, and partly sulphureous: Hungary. This is native; and what Agricola and the other German Mineralists call the red Arsenick. And it is of a Colour much deeper than that of common Orpiment tho'not red; but of a yellow very high, with a Cast of red. Dr. Edward Brown. Arsenick [E], red arsenic: realgar. A specimen, not clearly identifiable with any of the above, is mentioned in WOODWARD (1728, pp. 41—42) as "Nativc-Red-Arscnick", followed by his footnote (4): "Arsenicum rubrum nativum... The Hungarian Sandarachc is of an Orange Colour: But that from East India a deeper red. I have samples of each; but both are very rare" p. 22. Sect. 3. Sulphur o.l. Native sulphur brown, dug up thus in Lumps at in Hungary. {E-9-26} Ore. Dashed in the manuscript catalogue: was probably illegible to WOODWARD. O.2. Native sulphur brown, dug up near the Gold-Mines in Hungary. {E-9-27} O.3. Another sort, with a Cast of Lemon-colour; from the same Place. {E-9-28} 0.9. Native sulphur of a Lemon-colour, and was very fine; found in Nodules in the Gold-Mi ne in Hungary. {E-9-34}