EFNIR: Monteverde Moonstone

[LizEF]

8 hours ago, InesF said:

I'm not sure if a Gram stain will help. In this case I would prefer to spin down 1 mL of this ink at 10000 g and have a closer look at the pellet (maybe after a washing step).

  Yeah, I'm not gonna get a centrifuge (I assume that's what you're saying), and, unfortunately, the microbiology company I worked for (which was bought by a huge international company some years ago), is ever spinning down the "unhappy place to work" drain, and everyone I knew there no longer works there, so I have no connections who could "spin" it for me.  Mystery will have to remain.

 

But when I ink the last of this ink, I'll put some on a slide and try it at 1000x and take multiple photos with different "layers" in focus.

[InesF]

On 4/29/2022 at 5:44 PM, LizEF said:

But when I ink the last of this ink, I'll put some on a slide and try it at 1000x and take multiple photos with different "layers" in focus.

Yes @LizEF, that's a good idea.

I was surprised by the availability of Gram stain chemicals ... and visualised your home-lab ... 😊

 

Household centrifuges are rare; there may be a salad spinner or the laundry machine. The first is weak and the last may stop hard or in a position where the content of you test vial is shaken and re-mixed after it had separated.

The ultimative low-tech centrifuge is a holder for your vial at a string and you whirl it around over your head. 😁 Yes, it works and is some fun. You may achieve 10-20 g.

[LizEF]

6 hours ago, InesF said:

The ultimative low-tech centrifuge is a holder for your vial at a string and you whirl it around over your head. 😁 Yes, it works and is some fun. You may achieve 10-20 g.

But will it attract a dragon?

[Misfit]

I can see this ink gets the love. What I don’t see is a resemblance to an actual Moonstone as in the type used in jewelry. I do enjoy brown inks. 

[LizEF]

7 minutes ago, Misfit said:

I can see this ink gets the love. What I don’t see is a resemblance to an actual Moonstone as in the type used in jewelry. I do enjoy brown inks. 

  Well, misnamed inks doesn't seem to be unusual.  For my part, I wouldn't know a moonstone (as in the type used in jewelry) if it hit me between the eyes.