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Dan listens to rain falling on the rooftop
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    1. Moctezuma III‏ @Moctezuma_III Mar 25

      Got to thinking: "Do emeralds even get big enough that some ancient mystic could use it for writing down his secrets?" And yeah, they apparently do. This is the Bahia Emerald, a 700 lb uncut gemstone. Not many good photos, it's been stuck in legal limbo for years.pic.twitter.com/4H6EGxUxGi

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    2. Moctezuma III‏ @Moctezuma_III Mar 25

      752 lbs or 341 kg

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    3. Moctezuma III‏ @Moctezuma_III Mar 25

      uh oh, a strike against Hermes using emerald as his writing substrate: Emerald is a very soft rock and cracks and shatters easy. The Bahia Emerald is actually multiple emeralds in a matrix of black schist. Hermes couldn't have carved into it easily.

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    4. Dan listens to rain falling on the rooftop‏ @danlistensto Mar 25
      Replying to @Moctezuma_III

      I always assumed it was a jade tablet and they just called it "emerald" to sound fancy

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    5. Moctezuma III‏ @Moctezuma_III Mar 25
      Replying to @danlistensto

      No, Smaragdina is specifically emerald. Hermes Trismegistus was probably an Arabic invention, based in hellenistic esoterica. Jade wasn't common in the hellenistic world (unlike China/America). Emerald on the other hand, was associated with Egypt and the mines in Mount Smaragdus.

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    6. Dan listens to rain falling on the rooftop‏ @danlistensto Mar 25
      Replying to @Moctezuma_III

      There are some accountings of Hermes Trismegistus having come from the east over the Silk Road. Maybe a Persian or Indian sage that made it as far as Alexandria. Jade as an import from the east is plausible.

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    7. Moctezuma III‏ @Moctezuma_III Mar 25
      Replying to @danlistensto

      He's the archetypal magus isn't he? I wouldn't be surprised to see the word 'hermes' just used as a stand in for wizard or magus. Imhotep and Thoth often roped into these legends too.

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      Dan listens to rain falling on the rooftop‏ @danlistensto Mar 25
      Replying to @Moctezuma_III

      This fellow. Definitely an archetype. New name in every culture that meets him, same guy though.pic.twitter.com/fVk1ymRNF7

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        1. Moctezuma III‏ @Moctezuma_III Mar 25
          Replying to @danlistensto

          Oh, I was thinking of this guy.pic.twitter.com/yLNnLA77tT

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