To prepare carmine, the powdered scale insect bodies are boiled in ammonia or a sodium carbonate solution, the insoluble matter is removed by filtering, and alum is added to the clear salt solution of carminic acid to precipitate the red aluminium salt, called carmine lake or crimson lake.ther methods for the production of carmine dye are in use, in which egg white, fish glue, or gelatin is sometimes added before the precipitation. The quality of carmine is affected by the temperature and the degree of illumination during its preparation, sunlight being requisite for the production of a brilliant hue.
Here are 10 facts that link manatees and elephants as long-lost relatives. 1. Scientifically, manatees and elephants are classified as subungulates. Other mammals in the Subungulata superorder are hyraxes and aardvarks. 2.Manatees and elephants have an uncommon-shaped heart that is spherical. To compare, most mammals have a single-pointed tip at the base (i.e., âheartââshaped). 3.
Elephants are Mammals(Proboscidea). Before the last ice age you  could find these creatures over most parts of our planet. Today you  may only find wild elephants in parts oâ¦f Africa, south of Sahara  and small parts of east Asia.   Most Asian, or Indian, elephants are in India, but there are also  herds in Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam,  Cambodia, Malasia, Borneo, Sumatra, Sri Lanka, and southern China.