CHAP. 23.—SANDYX.

Calcined with an equal proportion of rubrica, sandarach forms sandyx;1899 although I perceive that Virgil, in the following line,1900 has taken sandyx to be a plant—

“Sandyx itself shall clothe the feeding lambs.”

The price of sandyx1901 is one half that of sandarach; these two colours being the heaviest of all in weight.