shamir

mineral

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In abrasive: History
…Bible mentions a stone called shamir that was very probably emery, a natural abrasive still in use today. Ancient Egyptian drawings show abrasives being used to polish jewelry and vases. A statue of a Scythian slave, called “The Grinder,” in the Uffizi Gallery in Florence, shows an irregularly shaped natural…
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