http://www.ambergris.co.nz/identification.htm
Posted on 08/24/2006 2:02:02 PM PDT by Millee
North Wales is facing a gold rush after 'whale vomit' was found washed up on its beaches.
Valuable ambergris - known as floating gold - has recently been found at Rhos on Sea and Shell Island, reports the Daily Post.
Finds of ambergis can be worth around £2,000 - and they could lead to a gold rush among would-be beachcombers.
Ambergis is used to produce perfume and can fetch more than £10 a gram.
It is produced when the whale has been eating squid and their parrot-like beaks have irritated the walls of its innards.
Rarely recovered on British shores, ambergris is usually found on the coasts of the United States and Australia.
I'm at a loss for anything to say, on his one.
http://www.ambergris.co.nz/identification.htm
yeah, but what about lark's vomit?
that can be made into a confectionary delicacy.
Given that someone was sitting in for America'a Anchorman today on the EIB Network the title of this thread scared me.
LOL - took me a minute on that one. :oD
I have known this stuff was used in perfume, but I didn't think a find was that rare. I'll have to pay more attention to the beaches during whale season around my shores.
What are they going to do? Print "Whale Vomit Nation" on their license plates?
The NYT's Perfume Editor just got all tingly inside.
I was wondering why I got pinged on this one... Leave it to a Freeper to tie Pinch into this, ROFLMAO!!
The whales in Wales puke wholly in the pails.
With just a hint of whale vomit!
Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmm, delightful, C! In your bowl, not mine. LOL!
Gross.
Damn, wonder what my cat's most recent hairball will fetch?
These are essentially "hairballs" of whales. I read a fascinating book last year about the perfume industry and smell science that introduced these to me.
Started buying my wife more expensive perfume siince reading it.
The Emperor of Scent: A True Story of Perfume and Obsession
I didn't bring that up, d. See Post #15!
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