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Wednesday, April 3, 2013

New Clues in the Search to Rediscover the Mysterious Maya Blue Formula

http://www. - ncedaily.com/releases/2013/04/130402091147.htm - Science Daily



Bonampak is an ancient Maya archaeological site in the Mexican state of Chiapas. (Credit: Darij & Ana, Creative Commons license)

The recipe and process for preparing Maya Blue, a highly-resistant pigment used for centuries in Mesoamerica, were lost. We know that the ingredients are a plant dye, indigo, and a type of clay known as palygorskite, but scientists do not know how they were 'cooked' and combined together...CLICK LINK TO READ MORE...


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