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Pulverisation and discrimination among powders

pulverisationem; pulverisatione; Pulverisatio

Pulverisation belongs to the separator’s catalogue and distinguishes dust from sand, ash from calx, and mineral from vegetable or animal material.

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Nine Books on the Nature of Things

Attributed to Paracelsus · Diotimos Editions · 2026

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Meaning

Pulverisation belongs to the separator’s catalogue and distinguishes dust from sand, ash from calx, and mineral from vegetable or animal material. Powdered condition also precedes some metallic separations. The term thus concerns both material preparation and discrimination among particulate substances, not simply a final dust-like appearance or an assumption that every powder has equal weight and behaviour.

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  1. Book 8 · Separation · Passage 14Latin“Per pulverisationem”