mdung rtse smug po

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mdung rtse smug po med. mineral smug nag [bcag tse mdung so ltar dum bur 'gyur ba zhig ste, ro bska, zhu rjes bsil, nus pas rus chag sbyor, mig gsal, klad par rmas skyon shor ba sogs la phan,.. [IW]

mdung rtse smug po med. mineral smug nag [IW]

(med) Hematite, (Phrin Las 1987). Goethite (Drungtso 1999)
Synonyms : smug po chig thub, smug po mdung rtse, smug po sbal rgyab, mdung rtse dkar po (Yeshi 2018).

The Shel phreng describes 4 minerals in a single notice : smug po sbal rgyab (identified with the iron oxides Hematite), dkar po sbal rgyab (identified with Stalactites or Limestone, basically Calcium carbonate), dkar po chig thub (identified with Gypsum or Anhydrite, Calcium sulfate) and smug po chig thub (identified with the iron oxide/hydroxide Goethite).
Johannes Schmidt (talk) 17:05, 18 November 2021 (UTC)