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In Chapter 57 of Book 37: "The Natural History of Precious Stones" in [[wikipedia:Pliny the Elder|Pliny the Elder]]'s ''[[wikipedia:Natural History (Pliny)|The Natural History]]'', draconitis (meaning '''Dragon Stone''') or [[wiktionary:Dracontia|dracontia]] is said to be "a stone produced from the brain of the dragon; but unless the head of the animal is cut off while it is alive, the stone will not assume the form of a gem, through spite on the part of the serpent, when finding itself at the point of death: hence it is that, for this purpose, the head is cut off when it is asleep."<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Project Gutenberg eBook of The Natural History of Pliny, Volume 6 (of 6)|site=Project Gutenberg|url=https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/62704/pg62704-images.html|published=July 19, 2020|retrieved=July 5, 2023}}</ref> | In Chapter 57 of Book 37: "The Natural History of Precious Stones" in [[wikipedia:Pliny the Elder|Pliny the Elder]]'s ''[[wikipedia:Natural History (Pliny)|The Natural History]]'', draconitis (meaning '''Dragon Stone''') or [[wiktionary:Dracontia|dracontia]] is said to be "a stone produced from the brain of the dragon; but unless the head of the animal is cut off while it is alive, the stone will not assume the form of a gem, through spite on the part of the serpent, when finding itself at the point of death: hence it is that, for this purpose, the head is cut off when it is asleep."<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Project Gutenberg eBook of The Natural History of Pliny, Volume 6 (of 6)|site=Project Gutenberg|url=https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/62704/pg62704-images.html|published=July 19, 2020|retrieved=July 5, 2023}}</ref> | ||
==Gallery== | |||
{{Main|:Category:Images of Dragon Gems|l1=Images of Dragon Gems}} | |||
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File:MediEvil1998-PumpkinSerpentDragonGem.png|The Dragon Gem in The Pumpkin Serpent. | |||
File:MediEvil1998-InsideTheAsylumDragonGem.png|The Dragon Gem inside The Asylum. | |||
</gallery> | |||
==In other languages== | ==In other languages== | ||