"Cyprus analyses": letters from Léon Brun with analysis results, a metal fragment from Erimi and sketchesLéon Brun and Claude Frédéric-Armand Schaeffer

Printed: Company of the Forges & Steelworks of the Marine & d'Homécourt

Stamp: SD-G.V.

Printed: PAUL EVEN - METZ

Handwritten: ✓ mark, top right

Homécourt, 28 November 1935.-

Dear Friend,

With regard to the samples you have recently sent me, here are the results found:

Sample no. I.- Erimi (Cyprus) - Layer at 3m,40 at 3m,60 depth - Weight sent: 0 gr,950.

Silica ................ 40,80 Tin oxide ........ I,40 Lead oxide ....... traces Copper oxide ....... 0 Iron oxide ......... I8,80 Alumina ............... 2,I0 Lime ................. 3,60 Magnesia .............. 0,20 Antimony oxide ..... traces Nickel oxide ...... traces Loss on ignition ......... 33,60

The sample sent did not contain traces of metal. The appearance was earthy and slightly greenish. The analysis shows that one is dealing with an earth. It does not contain copper oxide.

Sample no. 2.- Erimi (Cyprus) - Metal tool, 2m,20 to 2m,40 depth - Weight sent: 0 gr,I70.

Silica ................ I7,70 Tin oxide ........ 2,40 Lead oxide ....... 0,80 Copper oxide ...... 45,80 Iron oxide ......... II,80 Alumina ............... I,40 Lime ................. traces Magnesia .............. traces Loss on ignition ......... I9,90

Handwritten: signature, bottom right area ...