[Aztlan] Re-send of Kim Goldsmith's post with Mary Hopkins reply

[michael ruggeri]

Listeros,

Many of you received Kim's post encoded. Two of the moderators  
received it encoded. So for those of you who missed her original post  
with Mary Hopkins reply, here it is.

Mike Ruggeri


At least on Teo. ceramics, the "glitter" in red paint is indeed  
hematite. Mica is exceptionally rare in Teo. ceramics. I too found  
myself wondering about the ID of the glitter in Rosalila's red paint.

Mary Hopkins

On Mon, 11 Feb 2008, kim Goldsmith wrote:


> ¡Saludos a todos!
>
> O.k., I wasn't going to say anything about this, but
> now I just have to ask since I keep seeing people
> talking about mica in pigments down here.
>
> As most of you know, here at Teotihacan our red paint
> on buildings looks like it has glitter in it.  I have
> worked down here SOOOOOOO long (26 years) and have
> been around so many of the great researchers all my
> life that I don't have any idea who might have told me
> this, but......I "know" (because someone I considered
> highly reliable told me) that the red paint is not
> just hematite, but SPECULAR HEMATITE, which naturally
> has glitter-like particles when it rusts out.
>
> I am now curious about this after all the discussion
> on the mica topic here, as we know that Teo. was
> importing plenty of mica and could just as well have
> added it to the pigment (although I don't think that
> is the case).
>
> I would also like to know, as far as the Rosalila
> Temple goes, if they are finding traces of mica in
> colors other than red.  Even though I have looked
> through most of the links, I don't remember them
> specifically saying.  Naturally if "sparkles" are
> appearing in other colors, they are an additive to the
> pigments.
>
> You can answer me offline if you like, but I may not
> be the only interested party for an answer to these
> questions, and therefore we might all be better served
> if the answers come directly to the board.
>
> Thanks so much!
>
> KIM
>