Stone

Achates

Named by Agrippa among the things under the planets and signs.

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The oldest attribution here is Stone of Mercury, first attested 1509 CE.

Stone of

  • Mercury

    Traditional
    Who says so
    Agrippan occult philosophy (1509–1533)
    Earliest verified attestation
    1509 CE
    Ancient or scriptural source
    Not yet investigated
    Evidence
    The source states it

    Evidence

    1. Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa von Nettesheim, Three Books of Occult Philosophy, 1509–1510, revised through 1533 — Book I, ch. XXIX

      Esoteric primary · systematises · London: Gregory Moule, 1651

      Amongst stones, , the Emrald, Achates, red Marble, Topaze, and those which are of divers colours, and various figures naturally, & those that are artificiall, as glass, & those which have a colour mixed with yellow, and green.

      What things are under the power of Mercury , and are called Mercuriall.

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