CHAP. 62—LEPIDOTIS. LESBIAS. LEUCOPHTHALMOS. LEUCOPŒCILOS. LIBANOCHRUS. LIMONIATIS. LIPAREA. LYSIMACHOS. LEUCOCHRYSOS.
Lepidotis1 is a stone of various colours, and resembles the scales of fish in appearance. Lesbias, so called from Lesbos which produces it, is a stone found in India as well. Leucophthalmos,2 which in other respects is of a reddish hue, presents all the appearance of an eye, in white and black. Leucopœcilos3 is white, variegated with drops of vermilion of a golden hue. Libanochrus4 strongly resembles frankincense, and yields a liquid like honey. Limoniatis5 would appear to be the same as smaragdus; and all that we find said about liparea6 is, that employed in the form of a fumigation, it allures all kinds of wild beasts. Lysimachos resembles Rhodian marble, with veins of gold: in polishing it, it is reduced very considerably in size, in order to remove all defects. Leucochrysos7 is a kind of chrysolithos interspersed with white.