Four Treasures Reference Database
Record No. 15018
Calsvee, sive Dissertatio Lapidis Nephritici, seu Jaspidis viridis, a quibusdam Callois dicti, naturam, proprietates et operationes exhibens, quam sermone Latino recensuit
Calsvee, or Dissertation on Nephritic Stone, or Green Jasper, called by some Callois, presenting its nature, properties, and operations, which has been reviewed in the Latin language
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Clutius, A. (1627) Calsvee, sive Dissertatio Lapidis Nephritici, seu Jaspidis viridis, a quibusdam Callois dicti, naturam, proprietates et operationes exhibens, quam sermone Latino recensuit. [Calsvee, or Dissertation on Nephritic Stone, or Green Jasper, called by some Callois, presenting its nature, properties, and operations, which has been reviewed in the Latin language] Rostochii [Rostock], Typis exscripta ab Joachimo Pedano, 36 pp.
Sinkankas/Born No.: 1390 | Language: in Latin | RWHL*
gems, jade, amphibole jade, nephrite, pyroxene jade, jadeite, fei cui
From Sinakankas: An extended analysis of this paper in Fischer, Nephrit und Jadeit, p 102-5, which see. Discusses nephrite and the belief that it is some form of green jasper; compares same to callaite or Persian turquoise. The calsvee," "calsoe," or "calsoy," is called by the Persians "roccha vecchia," or "old rock," here referring to an old trade term for genuine Persian turquoise."