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Just noting: a similar pigment with high value was Tekhelet, which was also extracted from a similar sea snails species: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tekhelet
by relyks 3y ago
Just noting: a similar pigment with high value was Tekhelet, which was also extracted from a similar sea snails species: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tekhelet https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tekhelet
- axionduck 3y agonoted! נגנז
- FergusArgyll 3y agoEven on HN you run into תכלת people...
- NoMoreNicksLeft 3y agoHow am I supposed to be able to read that without the niqqud?
- credit_guy 3y agoVery interesting. If I understand correctly, it is exactly the same pigment, coming from the same sea snail (Hexaplex trunculus), only that the application to textiles was different: if you dye a cloth and keep it in the dark until it dries out it becomes reddish-purple, if you let it dry in the sun it becomes blue.