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  • A Valencia, por guapa, por su alegre y desigual herencia, la guardo en la capilla plateada del santoral, hasta la primavera, después del último olvido, cuando los ruiseñores se enamoran en las huertas

    U.Va. Mobile 2008

  • The vale was lovingly referred to as Temchic plateada"Silvery Temchic-and when the original Indians were gone, the Spanish operators of the mines corralled the gentle Tarahumare from the Sierra Madre, but they perished at an appalling rate, so that it was scarcely economical to continue using them.

    Centennial Michener, James 1974

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  • "Officials also found it difficult to detect many common frauds, in part because there was legitimate debate about the proper way to kill and dry the cochineal insects. Most people agreed that the best method was to expose them to continuous sunlight; the resulting dyestuff, known as plateada or blanca for its powdery silver surface, was widely considered the top grade of cochineal. But since sun-drying, done property, could take up to two weeks, many producers experimented with cheaper techniques...."

    Amy Butler Greenfield, A Perfect Red: Empire, Espionage, and the Quest for the Color of Desire (New York: Harper Collins, 2005), 105.

    See also jaspeada.

    October 5, 2017