The Mineral Exhalation Theory of Metallogenesis in Pre-Modern Mineral Science
@article{Norris2006TheME, title={The Mineral Exhalation Theory of Metallogenesis in Pre-Modern Mineral Science}, author={John A. Norris}, journal={Ambix}, year={2006}, volume={53}, pages={43 - 65} }
Abstract This paper explores the theory of metal generation through mineral exhalations, and its connection to the view of metals as composite substances. In Aristotle's theory, the vapour stage was important for allowing the elemental mixing necessary for generating composite yet homogeneous metallic matter. The idea of exhalations was variously incorporated with the Sulfur–Mercury theory of metal composition by medieval Arab authors, and the diversity of ways in which these ideas were…
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