tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1538848421676038704.post8029346920580153206..comments2023-06-18T08:39:27.736-04:00Comments on Bhaisajya: EmeraldsMalcolmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17565211105434785983noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1538848421676038704.post-61023186959854693032016-05-28T16:32:45.948-04:002016-05-28T16:32:45.948-04:00Hi Dan:
Yes, I agree that mineral identifications...Hi Dan:<br /><br />Yes, I agree that mineral identifications can be a bit troublesome. <br /><br />And thanks for the reference. Wish I could download your brain. <br /><br />MMalcolmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17565211105434785983noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1538848421676038704.post-38182638648294007122016-05-28T04:46:14.260-04:002016-05-28T04:46:14.260-04:00Hi Malcolm!
There seems to be a Mongolian word for...Hi Malcolm!<br />There seems to be a Mongolian word for lapis, nomen (Bawden's dictionary), which could be a 'Mongolianizing' borrowing of Tib. mu-men, or alternatively the Tibetan was borrowed from Mongolian (or Turkic?).<br />Apparently lazuli and azure have their origins in the same word (coming into English from thru middle Latin from Arabic?)<br />I'm thinking that it's a somewhat hopeless to answer mineral identification questions for all time, when there were more likely to be conventional usages that differed along lines of time and locality, just like plant identifications.<br />For 'emerald,' I recommend G. Wojtilla, Contributions to the Cultural History of the Emerald in Early India, Acta Orientalia Hungarica, vol. 65 (2012), pp. 463-478.<br />Your<br />DDanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10453904366382251766noreply@blogger.com