[Rockhounds] Ink coloring minerals

[J Bryan Kramer]

Prussian Blue paste by the way was the source of great merriment in the US
Navy. But we were easily amused.

BK

On 10/4/07, J Bryan Kramer <codeburner at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Well there's Prussian Blue but I believe it is synthetic not naturally
> occurring:
>
> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prussian_blue>
>
> Iron salts are used in blue and black ink otherwise. I think it was made
> by combining iron salt with oak extracts...yeah here it is:
>
> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_gall_ink>
>
> BK
>
> On 10/4/07, Lawrence Rush <larryrush at worldnet.att.net> wrote:
> >
> > I have an artist friend who is experimenting with home-made inks. She
> > asked me for mineral samples which she could grind up to provide the
> > coloring agent for these inks. I know the Native Americans used Hematite and
> > Limonite to make "ochres", but the other colors they used for clothing dyes
> > seem all to be organic and plant based. I have also heard of some minerals
> > used for facial decor, such as eye-shadowing and rouge in the Middle Ages.
> > But I couldn't come up with any soluble minerals that could color inks.
> >
> > Any suggestions?
> >
> > Thanks....Larry Rush
> >
> >
> > "Noel Coward thought work was more fun than play,  but he never, ever
> > worked in the mines"
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> J Bryan Kramer
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J Bryan Kramer
North Florida, USA
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