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

Printed: letterhead in script, largely illegible

SD-6.IV.

Homécourt, 28 November 1935.-

My dear friend,

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

Sample no. 1.- Erimi (Cyprus) - Section from 3m40 to 3m60 depth - Potée sent: 0 Gr,950.

Silica ............... 40,80 Tin oxide ........ 1,40 Lead oxide ....... traces Copper oxide ....... 0 Iron oxide ......... 18,80 Alumina ............... 2,10 Lime ................ 3,60 Magnesia ............. 0,20 Antimony oxide ..... traces Nickel oxide ....... traces Loss on ignition ......... 33,60

The sample sent contained no traces of metal. Its appearance was earthy and slightly greenish. The analysis shows that we are dealing with an earth. It does not contain copper oxide.

Sample no. 2.- Erimi (Cyprus) - Metal tool, 2m30 to 2m40 depth - Potée sent: 0 Gr,170.

Silica ............... 17,70 Tin oxide ........ 2,40 Lead oxide ....... 0,80 Copper oxide ...... 45,80 Iron oxide ......... 11,80 Alumina ............... 1,40 Lime ................ traces Magnesia ............. traces Loss on ignition ......... 19,90