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Hi Joyce, I think you have confused two separate but possibly related stories. "Fordite" (and possibly other names) is derived from car factories, coming from the overspray of painting having piled up and formed a stratified material. Rainbow calsilica, supposedly, was "harvested" in México at the bank of a river, where the material had accumulated. To my knowledge, there is no authoritative explanation of what this stuff is, exactly. I think it is paint (like Fordite), but not necessarily from a car factory. It might be paint from any industry, not excluding car-making. My question has always been, "what factories exist up-river from this stuff?" I would be very curious to know, from the site you present, where they are getting this stuff. Are they making it themselves? By the way, I had some discussion with Si and Ann about rainbow calsilica, shortly after they produced their article for Lapidary Journal. I had some information they did not have access to when they composed their piece. Jamey All rights reserved by Bead Collector Network and its users |
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