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"Oily sheen on water"

Sally D. Dionne salid at mail.hargray.com
Wed Sep 11 20:28:36 EST 1996


rjones at TRENTU.CA (Roger Jones) wrote:
>I am trying to find out the cause of what appears to be a film of "oil" 
>on water draining from waterlogged or "boggy" soil. 



I've heard that stuff might be pollen (waxy coating to protect it from 
water?), but I think that might be wild rumor.  I wonder if you put a 
sample under a microscope, what you might see?

Tabitha
salid at mail.hargray.com





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