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turchina

TURCHINA
, Academicis Cruscanis : Pietra preziosa, cosi detta dal suo colore, che anche si chiama azzurro. Lapis pretiosus, nostris Turquoise : quem cum veterum calaïde multi confundunt. Acta S. Franciscæ Rom. tom. 2. Martii pag. 112* : Decimus vero lapis erat similis Turchinæ. Vide Philib. Monet in suo Gallicæ ac Lat. linguæ Inventario, Menagium in Etymol. Gall. et Turkesius.

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