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Tyrian purple is a purple dye first made in the ancient city of Tyre. It was made from a secretion of various marine molluscs, such as Murex trunculus and Murex brandaris. The expensive dye was prized by Roman noblemen, who used it to colour ceremonial robes. The archaeological discovery of substantial numbers of Murex shells on Crete suggests that the Minoans may have pioneered the extraction of Royal purple centuries before the Tyrians. Dating from colocated pottery, suggests the dye may have been produced during the Middle Minoan period in the 20th-18th century B.C
The main
chemical
constituent
of the dye
was discovered
by Paul
Friedlander in
1909 to
be 6,6′-dibromoindigo,
a substance
that had
previously
been synthesized
in 1903.
However,
it has never
been synthesized
commercially. See also: Indigo dye
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