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2010/1/4 Venantius J Pinto <venantius.pi...@gmail.com>
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> It has been suggested that the gold could have been balsam fir resin (has
> other names too). It also grows in Asia, as do some varieties of
> frankincense and myrrh (whose resin is extracted; use as poultices etc., in
> arthritis, bones, etc.). Balsam fir resin was presumably more expensive
> than
> Gold (Ag).
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> Last year I inquired that from a pigment chemist/maker in Germany. The
> restorer/conservator there asked a German priest on my behalf, but he
> denied
> that possibility. I do know others who agree, and they also happen to do
> business in therapeutic-grade oils. In any case such information remains
> esoteric before it gains acceptance, or never does. No harm either way.
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> venantius
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> response: heard of oud, which is more expensive than gold!
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http://ezinearticles.com/?Oud-Perfume-Oil-from-the-Agarwood-Tree&id=321979
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