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Old 12-05-2006   #6 (permalink)
MikeM
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That is very interesting. Possibly an unintended side effect of polishing the water. I'd not want to jump to a conclusion, but it is consistent with the idea that silicon strengthens the walls of the cells where melanin concentrates so that it becomes more intensely and visibly black rather than dispersing throughout the tissue. I got myself lost in chemistry articles a couple of years ago trying to understand the idea and never got back to it.
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