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Bine, si Mihnea in loc sa se uite la documentare unde se vorbeste despre sangele ala, pe el il intereseaza fosforul alb si smecheriile grecesti. Minunile lui au fost cica cercetate de stiinta si sunt minuni.

Adica asta?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Januari...other_theories

Scientific studies and other theories[edit]
The Catholic Church does not permit the vials to be opened, for fear that doing so may cause irreparable damage. This makes close analysis impossible. Nevertheless, a spectroscopic analysis performed in 1902 by Gennaro Sperindeo and Raffaele Januario[23] claimed that the spectrum was consistent with hemoglobin. A later analysis, with similar conclusions, was carried out in 1989.[24] However, the reliability of these observations has been questioned.[12] While clotted blood can be liquefied by mechanical stirring, the resulting suspension cannot solidify again.[12]

Measurements made in 1900 and 1904 claimed that the ampoules' weight increased by up to 28 grams during liquefaction. However, later measurements with a precision balance, performed over five years, failed to detect any variation.[12]

Various suggestions for the content's composition have been advanced, such as a material that is photosensitive, hygroscopic, or has a low melting point.[25] However, these explanations run into technical difficulties, such as the variability of the phenomenon and its being unrelated to ambient temperature.[12]

A recent hypothesis by Garlaschelli, Ramaccini, and Della Sala is that the vial contains a thixotropic gel,[12][26] he[who?] also explained on the Blood Miracle of Riddles of the Dead series on National Geographic Channel.[27] In such a substance viscosity increases if left unstirred and decreases if stirred or moved. Researchers have proposed specifically a suspension of hydrated iron oxide, FeO(OH), which reproduces the color and behavior of the 'blood' in the ampoule.[28] The suspension can be prepared from simple chemicals that would have been easily available locally since antiquity.[29][30]

In 2010, an experiment was conducted by Giuseppe Geraci (Professor of the Department of Molecular Biology of the UniversitĂ* Federico II di Napoli) on a phial containing old blood (a relic dating back to the 18th century from the Eremo di Camaldoli, near Arezzo, in Tuscany) having the same characteristics of the blood of St. Januarius.[31] Geraci has shown that the Camaldoli's relic actually contains blood that can change its solid-liquid phase by shaking.[32] He has also reproduced the phenomenon with his own blood stored in the same conditions of the Camaldoli's relic.[33] Geraci finally argues that "there's blood, no miracle".[32]

Another possibility is that the liquid was manufactured by a medieval artisan. A team of three Italian chemists managed to create a liquid that reproduces all the characteristics and behaviour of the liquid in the vial, and they used only local materials and techniques that were known to medieval workers.[34][35] In the past, in the Naples area, the Church recognized claims of miraculous liquefying blood for other seven saints, but the Church since dropped those claims except the one for Saint Januarius; this suggests that there was a local secret recipe for manufacturing this type of relic.[34][35]

Si apropo de "lingurita" si "caracterul local"

In total, about 20 saints had relics of liquefying blood, and they were almost all in the Naples area.[36]