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Nine Books on the Nature of Things
Attributed to Paracelsus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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Tripoli and craftsmen’s red earth occur near the end of the mineral-products catalogue. They broaden that list beyond metals themselves to earthy materials used in workshop contexts. The passage does not explain a detailed composition or recipe for either. A contextual gloss is warranted, but an exact modern mineral identification would exceed the evidence supplied here.
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- Book 8 · Separation · Passage 11Latin“Tripolim, Rubricam fabrilem”