Treasures from the Sea: Purple Dye and Sea Silk by Francesco Meo, Hedvig Landenius Enegren

Treasures from the Sea: Purple Dye and Sea Silk

Francesco Meo, Hedvig Landenius Enegren

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Purple dye is extracted from the glands of the molluscs Hexaplex trunculus, Bolinus Brandaris and Stramonita Haemastoma which, through a chemical reaction of photosynthesis, produces hues ranging from dark red to bluish purple color. The importanc...

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