The following would support my view, or I support theirs, whichever, regarding 
colour...

 

Quote: "True silver colloids that have a high percentage of the silver content 
in the form of nanometer sized 

particles will absorb visible light causing the apparent colour to appear 
dark-amber, {my 'tea' colour}, or brown.  

It is very high concentration of particles, not large particle size or 
contamination, that gives these products 

such colour." End quote.  This comes from an article from CSL.  Probably 
depends on which published material one wants to believe, I believe this, and 
my own visual observations over all else, not to mention my tested samples of 
course.

 

That 1 micron 'colloid' I spoke of earlier would be the upper limit, however, 
our particles/particle clusters would fall WELL under that limit.  Unless 
'lumps' of silver are found laying in the bottom of my container...it's all 
good, and the above quote is relevant.

 

N.
                                          
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