the milky layer and the clear are not really seperate they swirl gently together but not really mixing...I found this but its not it ,...People sometimes get confused about what an emulsion looks like. With a DMT extraction, it can look different depending on how severe the emulsion is. If you have a severe emulsion, the extraction will appear to only have a single layer; all of the nonpolar solvent is trapped in the akaline water layer. With a less severe emulsion, the extraction appears to have three layers: one is alkaline water, the other is nonpolar solvent, and in the middle between the other two there's a bubbly, soapy-looking layer (this middle layer is the emulsion