Scientists find 4000 year old lipstick. They didn't say if it was Revlon or Maybelline
The Bronze Age vial (left) and a microscopic image of the pigment's composition, which is enhanced with added colors to distinguish each mineral. (Image credit: Massimo Vidale via Scientific Reports; CC BY 4.0 DEED)
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Feel free to reply to any comment by clicking the "Reply" button.Fun read. Of course it led me to another rabbit hole, the type of rock used.
Chlorite is the name of a group of common sheet silicate minerals that form during the early stages of metamorphism. Most chlorite minerals are green in color, have a foliated appearance, perfect cleavage, and an oily to soapy feel. They are found in igneous, metamorphic and sedimentary rocks.
Not the whole article, I'll leave it to you if you want to read more about chlorite. hahahahaha
silverotter11
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Feb 27, 2024
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That's interesting too.
Sounds like good bedtime reading 
A bunch of things have been discovered and labeled as "World's Oldest..." in the Persian's "Shahr-e Sukhteh" (Burnt City) area : [en.wikipedia.org]
the World's Oldest Animation (Goblet Animation) : [agnostic.com]
the World's Oldest Artificial Eye : [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]
the World's Oldest Lipstick! and more...
Diaco
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Feb 27, 2024
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puff:
When I was working in Laos they dug up a 2000 yr old bronze drum
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