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- From: kfr@quip.eecs.umich.edu (K. Fritz Ruehr)
- Subject: Seeking Canadian Balsam Oil
- Message-ID: <1992Dec27.033422.26022@zip.eecs.umich.edu>
- Sender: news@zip.eecs.umich.edu (Mr. News)
- Organization: University of Michigan EECS Dept., Ann Arbor
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- Date: Sun, 27 Dec 1992 03:34:22 GMT
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- My wife and I are very interested in obtaining a small amount of an oil
- called Canadian (aka "Friar's") Balsam oil, for the purposes of re-oiling
- an emerald (apparently this is one of the few suitable oils). Our jeweler
- is having a lot of trouble finding a source (we understand it is also used
- as a microscopic slide fixative and for some other purposes). We are
- looking for the *pure* oil, as opposed to some scented variety used in
- the perfume business (the natural scent of Balsam would be OK).
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- We need only about enough oil to cover the ring ("a quarter of a film
- canister", as our jeweler describes it).
-
- We would appreciate any information anyone could provide; thanks.
-
- -- Fritz Ruehr
- kfr@quip.eecs.umich.edu
-