[Rockhounds] HALITE

[Tim Fisher]

Clearcoat here in the states refers to cheap clear spray paint, usually
Krylon. 

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Subject: RE: [Rockhounds] HALITE

Clearcoat: is that some kind of wax?

Carotene, hm? That would mean that Haloarchaea, however primitive, must have
great eyesight. (remember: eat your carrots, it's good for your eyes?)
Carotene is UV sensitive I think.

Axel

> ____________________________________________
> On 2008.Dec.23., at  0812, Axel Emmermann wrote:
> 
> > How do you keep the hanksite from "melting"?
> > Cheers and thanks for sharing the images.
> >
> > Axel
> 
> __________________________________________________
> 
> 
> You are welcome Axel.
> Yes, I sprayed all my Hanksites to prevent them from going white.
> Two light coats of automotive clearcoat. I find this stuff works
> really well.
> No runs, no orangepeel, no yellowing, just about completely
> unnoticeable.
> Available in automotive supply stores.
> 
> The Halites are not sprayed. Just kept inside a drawer in complete
> darkness.
> Once again :
> The colouring is not derived from bacteria or algae.
> It comes from Haloarchaea which live in the brine.
> (Some of it has the colour of wine or cranberries, that dark)
> And the colouring agent is not manganese. It is carotene.
> My information on that is derived from somebody in the academic
> community at University of British Columbia
> who is studying just this stuff (Sasha Wilson,  Biology in Mineralogy)
> 
> And again : Everybody, if you get the chance  -  go to Searles Lake !
> 
>                                                   Hilmar
> 
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