be snabs

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བེ་སྣབས
1) mucus [IW]

thick slime or mucus [RY]

mineral substance [JV]

1) mucus [from impurities in food digestion gluey stuff like calf nose-mucus = pho ba'i bad kan [IW]

(med) Chalcedony (dGa' ba'i rDo rje 2018)

bal snabs rus sbyor rmen gcod sha'u skyed / ces pa la mdog gi dbye bas ser skya dang ser smug gnyis 'byung / gnyis ka 'od dang ldan pa me rdo legs po 'dra la dngos pa'o // (Shel gong shel phreng, pdf p 126.1)

Illustrations : 'Phrin Las (25_082) be snabs ser skya / be snabs ser smug. dGa' ba'i rDo rje 2018 (n°131) sbel snabs, Chalcedony (n°132) sbel snabs phal pa, Antigorite

Chalcedony is general term for microcrystalline quartz (comprising, agata, jasper or onyx) of waxy lustre, vitreous when polished. Very common (mindat.org)
Antigorite is a vitreous Magnesium silicate of green or green-blue color in the Serpentine groupe (mindat.org)
For Yeshi (2018) silica or quartz (dkar gong).
Johannes Schmidt (talk) 16:13, 27 February 2024 (EST)