No problem.  That is their natural color after removing the periostracum.
Next time you may want to keep them out of bleach and keep the periostracum
on them.  It is neat to see them both ways.
 
Phil Liff-Grieff wrote:
 
> I need advise from the experienced collectors on Conch-L before I do any
> more damage...
>
> I am cleaing a number of specimens of Conus ebraeus that I collected in
> Hawaii this past month.  They came home frozen and were thawed and put
> in full strength bleach to remove calcareous deposits etc.- a method
> that has worked fairly well on other shells.  Once cleaned these cones
> have a definite pink cast to them!  Since I can't find any reference to
> pink and black C. ebraeus, I have to assume that, somehow, I'm
> responsible.
>
> What did I do wrong?
>
> Thanks in advance for the help,
>
> Phil Liff-Grieff
> La Crescenta, CA
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