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(alchemy) Worthless residue of sublimation or distillation. / Cardinal purple, a variety of haematite iron oxide pigment.

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caput mortuum

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Source Word

caput mortuum

IPA(Pronunciation)

/ˈkæpət ˈmɔː(ɹ)tjʊəm/

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(alchemy) Worthless residue of sublimation or distillation. / Cardinal purple, a variety of haematite iron oxide pigment.

Japanese Meaning

錬金術において、昇華または蒸留の過程で生じる無価値な残留物 / 鉄酸化物顔料（カーディナルパープル）として知られる、赤鉄鉱系の顔料の一種

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The alchemist discarded the caput mortuum after the repeated sublimations, convinced it held no further secrets.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

錬金術師は何度もの昇華や蒸留の末、それがもはや何の価値もない昇華や蒸留の無価値な残留物だと確信してそれを捨てた。

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(alchemy) Worthless residue of sublimation or distillation.

Sense（2）

Cardinal purple, a variety of haematite iron oxide pigment.

Were they working their way through the colours and now had reached the more abstruse layers of the spectrum? What would be next — caput mortuum, heliotrope? The colours of the day.

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