Talk:Caput mortuum

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I agree that all should be merged, and the spelling that should be maintained, to which the others should all redirect, is Caput Mortuum.

That's the British spelling. Many contemporary oil painting color lines still include a Caput Mortuum, although it is no longer derived from the wrapping of Egyptian mummies, but is chemically similar and purer. This is a traditional old artist pigment, and I am afraid that the old and obsolete appearing name has to stick. Note that there is a tradition of capitalizing names of pigments in the color industries.

Also, if you don't spell this the way I am recommending, then the curse of the mummy will be upon you! --Metzenberg 00:15, 21 July 2006 (UTC)

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This is coming up on the list of Chemistry articles to be fixed in Wiki. I don't think this has much to do with chemistry in the classic sense unless you're going to go into detail of the components, chemical structure and manufacture.