mthing rgyus
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མཐིང་རྒྱུས
a kind of stone used medicinally [JV]
mthing rgyus blue med. mineral dbyibs rgyus phran gshib pa dang 'dra [IW]
mthing rgyus blue med. mineral dbyibs rgyus phran gshib pa dang 'dra [ro bska, zhu rjes drod, nus pas chu rgyus chad pa dang, chu rgyus rengs 'khums gyur pa sogs la phan [IW]
(med) Crocidolite or Blue asbestos. Actinolite (Yeshi 2018)
ba nu rdo rgyus mthing rgyus chu ba gso / zhes pa'i / ba nu ni / ... // rdo rgyus ni /...// mthing rgyus ni / rigs gnyis te / dbyibs rgyus pa 'dra la brdungs na [132] na sog rgyus gyong po ltar 'jig pa la snga ma lta bu'i mnyen cha dang 'bol ba med cing nan gyis brdungs na phye mar 'gro ba yin / 'di 'dra la kha dog gi dbye bas sngon po mthing rgyus dang / sngo ljang la spang rgyus zhes snga phyi gsum la / rdo'i rgyus pa rnams gsum zer ro // (Shel gong shel phreng, pdf p 131.4)
Illustrations : 'Phrin Las (25_117) mthing rgyus / ti tsha / zur mkhar 'khrul bzhed ti tshar bzhed pa zha nye 'byung ba'i rdo / ti tsha'i rdo rdo ser po mchog / dman pa dmar po
Crocidolite (Blue asbestos, Hydrated sodium iron silicate) is a fibrous form of Riebeckite, the latter is usually black, also commonly light blue to blue-black. Contemporary mining sites in Tibet. Actinolite asbestos (now the mineral Byssolite) is a fibrous to hair-like crystal or mass of fibers, greenish white to green. Contemporary mining sites in Tibet (mindat.org)
Johannes Schmidt (talk) 13:49, 27 February 2024 (EST)