Station: [45] The purple merchant Lydia

So you want to get to know this millionaire? Can't hurt, you think! A world of luxury: trading in purple. These piles here are the remains of thousands of snails. That's where she stored the fabrics dyed with purple: Parchment, wool here, cotton over there, and in the back room is wild silk and shell silk. She delivers as far as Rome, and you must ask her to tell you how the dye is obtained. The gland that secretes the color pigment is removed from the purple snails while they are still alive until the animal dies of the agony.how many snails does it take to make ten grams? Place one directly behind the other and place as many in a row as you can walk along for two hours, then you will have as many as you need for ten grams! One kilo of purple is worth about two million euros!