Those spirally threads (look like fluffy snow flakes) are used to combine things usually with Barium in it. When I did my research on Tellurium delivery it used one of those threads with barium and pseudonomas. The pseudonomas would eat the Tellurium and make it much more effecive as a mind control metal.
Skin.--Itching of hands and feet. Herpetic spots; ringworm (Tuberc). Ring-shape lesions, offensive odors from affected parts. Barber's itch. Stinging in skin. Fetid exhalations (Sulph). Offensive foot-sweat. Eczema, back of ears and occiput. Circular patches of eczema.