[Rockhounds] Magnetite/Garnet sand

[Michael Colella]

That book '"A grain of Sand" is an outstanding book, photos are exceptional,
as the author has some very unique photo methods and equipment.Mike

On Wed, Mar 25, 2009 at 1:54 PM, Horst Windisch <
horstwindisch at absamail.co.za> wrote:

> Hi Pete,
>
>  From whom is this book available and at what price?
>>
>
> Horst
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> Subject: Re: [Rockhounds] Magnetite/Garnet sand
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>  A postscript to all this magnetite sand thread, there's a newly published
>> book, "Sand: the Never-Ending Story", by Michael Welland, that is pretty
>> good and interesting.? It discusses all the various aspects of
>> "sand"--geologic occurrence, its many varieties, industrial uses, its role
>> in art and culture, and so on.? I have a minor acknowledgement in the
>> book--the author had conferred with me several times for advice on answering
>> his question, "what's the source of the silicon used to produce
>> semiconductor chips?"? You can find info about the book on Amazon or
>> elsewhere.
>>
>> That book?includes a few pictures, but there is also the picture book
>> about sand, "A?Grain of Sand, Nature's Secret Wonder",?by Gary Greenberg and
>> Stacy Keach.
>>
>> cheers,
>> Pete
>>
>>
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>> From: J Bryan Kramer <codeburner at gmail.com>
>> To: Rockhounds at drizzle.com: A mailing list for rock and gem collectors <
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>> Sent: Thu, 19 Mar 2009 9:48 am
>> Subject: Re: [Rockhounds] Magnetite/Garnet sand
>>
>>
>>
>> I'm sure some one posted info about this on the list before, but here is
>> Thomas Edison's experience with beach magnetite mining:
>>
>> <
>> http://www.americanheritage.com/articles/magazine/it/1991/3/1991_3_8.shtml
>> >
>>
>> BK
>>
>> On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 10:26, Lawrence Rush <larryrush at worldnet.att.net
>> >wrote:
>>
>>  Kreigh's postings about the Magnetite sand at the Great Lakes reminded me
>>> that I had promised to go back to the Rhode Island beach where I had
>>> mentioned the differentiation of Magnetite and Garnet sand layers.
>>>
>>> Yesterday was a nice pre-spring day, temps in the low 50's F., so we went
>>> up there only to find that the beach was windy, very cold, and the
>>> mineralized layers had been washed away, of course. I did find some
>>> strands
>>> of mixed heavy minerals, and brought back enough for anyone who wants to
>>> check them out with a microscope.
>>> By eye, it looks like almost entirely Magnetite and Almandine, minor
>>> Quartz.
>>>
>>> I haven't washed this sand, or run a magnet through it, or even looked
>>> closely at it, but if anyone is interested, just send me enough for
>>> postage,
>>> along with your mailing address, and I'll send you however much you want.
>>>
>>> Larry Rush
>>>
>>>
>>>
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>> than the day."
>>
>>                     Vincent van Gogh
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>> J Bryan Krer       North Florida, USA
>> photos at: http://pbase.com/photoburner
>> blog at: http://www.photoburner.net
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