The zinc was possibly collected from a furnace, where the metal is known to aggregate, Strabo calling it " pseudoarguros " " mock silver ".
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It was concluded that the zinc of this tablet was collected from a furnace, where the metal is known to have aggregated, Strabo calling it " pseudoarguros " " mock silver " ( in 1546, Georg Agricola re-discovered that a white metal could be condensed and scraped off the walls of a furnace when zinc ores were smelted ), but it is believed that it was usually thrown away as worthless.
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