element

Verdigris

Elements · Colors & materials

Green copper acetate pigment of older painting and craft. Not malachite the ore, and not copper metal alone.

  • Verdigris is used in Medicine.

    Dioscorides’ De Materia Medica lists verdigris (copper green) among sharp drying drugs for ulcers and eyes. First-century pharmacological use of the copper acetate green, not copper metal alone and not malachite.

    from Pedanius Dioscorides · De Materia Medica, 1st century CE

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