Mary W. Ballard wrote: > > Technically what you describe as "rust spots" may not be rust (iron rust/lepidocrocite) but rather the color produced microbial damage which is based on a melanin type of chemical structure ("..tiny specks on old garments..."). Mary -- Is the same as "foxing" on paper? Susan Fatemi EERC Library University of California at Berkeley susanf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx