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<p>[QUOTE="lordmarcovan, post: 3071351, member: 10461"]Yes, I live in a very humid coastal area in the Deep South, so "attic coins" and stuff from old folders often have this look. The temperature in non-climate-controlled attics and storage spaces here in summertime gets positively steamy and like the inside of a broiler.</p><p><br /></p><p>There is also a lot of sulfur in the atmosphere here, even if you don't count the paper mill emissions. Our well has to be aereated because of sulfur water. (You Floridians will know all about that.)</p><p><br /></p><p>I'm not sure how humidity factors in, but I'm sure it does.</p><p><br /></p><p>And heat + sulfur + time = toning.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="lordmarcovan, post: 3071351, member: 10461"]Yes, I live in a very humid coastal area in the Deep South, so "attic coins" and stuff from old folders often have this look. The temperature in non-climate-controlled attics and storage spaces here in summertime gets positively steamy and like the inside of a broiler. There is also a lot of sulfur in the atmosphere here, even if you don't count the paper mill emissions. Our well has to be aereated because of sulfur water. (You Floridians will know all about that.) I'm not sure how humidity factors in, but I'm sure it does. And heat + sulfur + time = toning.[/QUOTE]
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