Dear, Paul I heard a rather funny story this week end, from a Sheller I just meet who said that some years ago while in India, there was a shell dealer, If I can recall a Japanese one, who turn sinistral Busycons white to try to full the Buddhist and Hindus. Since sinsitral Turbinella pyrum is highly prized by them he thought he might give it a try with some Busycons. Anyway I don't no if he succeed in fooling them and if they were at all interested lighter Turbinella pyrum or should I say Busycons :-). Regards, Carlos (Portugal) >From [log in to unmask] Mon Feb 15 14:52:25 1999 >Received: from [128.192.1.101] by hotmail.com (1.1) with SMTP id MHotMailB891F0283AF28D101708F80C0016513650; Mon Feb 15 14:52:25 1999 >Received: from uga.cc.uga.edu by mailgw.cc.uga.edu (LSMTP for Windows NT v1.1b) with SMTP id <[log in to unmask]>; Mon, 15 Feb 1999 17:53:51 -0500 >Received: from UGA.CC.UGA.EDU (NJE origin LISTSERV@UGA) by UGA.CC.UGA.EDU (LMail V1.2c/1.8c) with BSMTP id 3319; Mon, 15 Feb 1999 17:53:35 -0500 >Received: from UGA.CC.UGA.EDU by UGA.CC.UGA.EDU (LISTSERV-TCP/IP release 1.8c) > with spool id 0727 for [log in to unmask]; Mon, 15 Feb 1999 > 17:53:34 -0500 >Received: from UGA (NJE origin SMTPIN@UGA) by UGA.CC.UGA.EDU (LMail V1.2c/1.8c) > with BSMTP id 2563; Mon, 15 Feb 1999 17:53:34 -0500 >Received: from imo29.mx.aol.com [198.81.17.73] by uga.cc.uga.edu (IBM VM SMTP > V2R4a) via TCP with SMTP ; Mon, 15 Feb 1999 17:53:33 EST >Received: from [log in to unmask] by imo29.mx.aol.com (IMOv18.1) id CRJDa11057 for > <[log in to unmask]>; Mon, 15 Feb 1999 17:50:00 -0500 (EST) >Mime-Version: 1.0 >Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII >Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit >X-Mailer: AOL for Macintosh sub 54 >Message-ID: <[log in to unmask]> >Date: Mon, 15 Feb 1999 17:50:00 EST >Reply-To: Conchologists of America List <[log in to unmask]> >Sender: Conchologists of America List <[log in to unmask]> >From: "Paul R. Monfils" <[log in to unmask]> >Subject: Re: ????? >To: [log in to unmask] > >If your friend is talking about Busycon contrarium (or whatever they are >calling it these days), they gradually become lighter colored as they get >older and larger, and very large ones are almost always white. Also, I don't >know why anyone would want to turn a Busycon white, but many shells can be >turned white, especially those that are light colored to begin with, like >Busycon, by baking them in an oven. 350 degrees F for a half hour or so will >destrot many pigments (beware when purchasing "albino" specimens!) >Regards, >Paul M. ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com