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Heh. I got asked this very thing by a TSR staff designer in 1987. Then as now, the answers are: in the northslope Smoking Mountains just west of Gilgirn in Unther, in the eastslope Dragonsword Mountains just south of halfway between the…
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@TheEdVerse where are the most productive mines of Alum (used to fix colors in fabric) in the Realms?
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alum
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…Lonely Lake and Nezras, and in the southslope Wyrmbones on the southern edge of the Shaar (north of Halruaa).
The best alum mines of all are, however, in the westernmost coastal mountains (due west of Haelond) in Gontal, in…
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…Laerakond. These deposits were recently discovered, and have greatly enriched formerly abandoned Haelond; it’s now a busy gleaning and shipping center, putting sacks of powdered and lump alum (a mineral salt) onto barges for…
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…transport down the River Orlaphar to Gontal (the city), for transshipment to ocean-going ships there.
In the Realms as in our real world, alum’s newest, and now bulk, use is as a mordant (binder, keeping the dye from washing…
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…out) in dyeing cotton and other woven fabrics. Its oldest use is medicinal, but its second oldest use is in pickling (foods, for preservation).
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