gnam lcags
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1) meteoric iron, meteoric metal. 2) thunderbolt [RY]
1) thunder[bolt]; 2) meteoric iron [IW]
thunder, meteorites meteoric iron, thunderbolt, flash of lightning just striking a object [JV]
1) thunder[bolt]; 2) meteoric iron [from underground bring forth gter like vajra and phurba if struck gives forth a sound &, color not clear snum mdangs can lcad phal pas mi bdzi ba zhig ste, by its power overcoming geks and good for smyo byed] [IW]
(med) 'Sky iron'. Meteorite, meteoric iron ?
gnam lcags rigs kyis bgegs 'joms smyo byed thub / ces pa sdon byon dregs 'dul rnams la sde brgyad sogs kyis phul ba'i lcags kha dog rigs lnga sogs 'byung bas byas pa'i phyag mtshan byas pa gter du sbas min sna tshogs 'byung la / rwa dang shing sogs kyis brdungs na skad snyan por sgrogs pa / kha dog gsal min snum mdangs can lcags phal bas mi brdzi ba'o // (Shel gong shel phreng, pdf p 110.1)
See also thog lcags. Ni-bearing metallic (non-oxidized) iron is found only in meteorites and never in terrestrial metallic iron. Until human beings were technologically able to separate oxygen from the natural iron oxides which surround us, the only metallic iron was found in meteorites (both as the dominant constituent in iron meteorites ('irons') and as a significant constituent in most stony meteorites) (mindat.org). Johannes Schmidt (talk) 12:24, 28 February 2024 (EST)