One of history’s most expensive substances wasn’t a gem or a metal—it was literally snail juice. Known as Tyrian purple, this ancient dye was extracted from tiny Mediterranean sea snails and was once worth more than gold. The dye came from the mucus glands of murex snails. Producing even a small amount required an unbelievable number of snails—often 10,000 just to dye a single garment. The extraction process was slow, foul-smelling, and labor-intensive, making the pigment extraordinarily rare. W
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