Jabir ibn Hayyan
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Abū Mūsā Jābir ibn Ḥayyān, died c. 806−816, is the purported author of a large number of works in Arabic, often called the Jabirian corpus. The c. 215 treatises that survive today mainly deal with alc
15th-century depiction of Jabir
Artistic impression of Jabir.
Hermes Trismegistus Cauc High Res
Anachronistic illustration of Jabir and his master Jaʿfar al-Ṣādiq.
History of mineralogy
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Early writing on mineralogy, especially on gemstones, comes from ancient Babylonia, the ancient Greco-Roman world, ancient and medieval China, and Sanskrit texts from ancient India. Books on the subje
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Fibrous asbestos on muscovite
Octahedral shape of diamond
Baltic amber necklace with trapped insects