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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0009_01D20B36.9D2C6E80 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Thank you Stephen. Somewhere I read it was mixed with a fat or simply = finely ground and mixed with water (and if I remember correctly, ground = insect bodies) and applied to rocks, wood, fabric or leather. It was = many years ago. Paul=E2=80=99s reference to the deposit just stirred an = interest in an old idea. I wasn=E2=80=99t looking for any quantity, = maybe a cup at most and a chance to play. ............................................................. 'Yellow ochre' =3D natural deposits of hydrated iron oxide, used since = antiquity along with red ochre, for instance in Lascaux cave paintings = and earlier (Wikipedia; unclear if refined at all, or suspended in some = vehicle before application). Artist=E2=80=99s paints now said often = made from synthetic iron oxide, not the natural stuff (presumably now in = a suspension in oil)? =20 ------=_NextPart_000_0009_01D20B36.9D2C6E80 Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <HTML><HEAD></HEAD> <BODY dir=3Dltr> <DIV dir=3Dltr> <DIV style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial'; COLOR: #000000"> <DIV>Thank you Stephen. Somewhere I read it was mixed with a fat = or simply=20 finely ground and mixed with water (and if I remember correctly, ground = insect=20 bodies) and applied to rocks, wood, fabric or leather. It was many years = ago.=20 Paul=E2=80=99s reference to the deposit just stirred an interest in an = old idea. I=20 wasn=E2=80=99t looking for any quantity, maybe a cup at most and a = chance to play.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>.............................................................</DIV><= FONT=20 face=3D"Times New Roman"><FONT style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 12pt">'Yellow ochre' = =3D natural=20 deposits of hydrated iron oxide, used since antiquity along with red = ochre, for=20 instance in Lascaux cave paintings and earlier (Wikipedia; unclear if = refined at=20 all, or suspended in some vehicle before application). = Artist=E2=80=99s paints now=20 said often made from synthetic iron oxide, not the natural stuff = (presumably now=20 in a suspension in oil)? =20 </FONT></FONT><BR></DIV></DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_0009_01D20B36.9D2C6E80--
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