Hello all,
I haven't seen a thread for this yet so I decided to start one. I'm not very far along in the process John describes in part 18 of the Energy from the vacuum series yet. Basically all I have is a rock sitting in some diluted acid and I'm playing the waiting game as it evaporates. However I did come across something interesting. For the next run of acid I decided to use magnetic black sand because we have a wash area that runs right by our house. So my idea was that using this might allow a more complete extraction of material for growing crystals on the iron rod. After extracting the black sand I decided to try grinding it down a little bit in a mortar and pestle and to my shock it turned a deep burgundy color. I have looked other places online to see if anyone else has experienced this phenomenon. Grinding black sand is fairly common in prospecting circles because it increases the amount of Gold you can extract from it. However in the articles I have read and pictures I've seen other people seem to be getting fine black powder, and nowhere have I seen this described. So my thought is that if it were simple oxidation of the iron that is occuring why aren't other people getting the same result? Also I'm not sure how this might facilitate or hinder the process for transmutation. If anybody else is looking at this kind of stuff and has any suggestions that would be greatly appreciated. Or if you might know why the color changes when grinding the black sand down.
I haven't seen a thread for this yet so I decided to start one. I'm not very far along in the process John describes in part 18 of the Energy from the vacuum series yet. Basically all I have is a rock sitting in some diluted acid and I'm playing the waiting game as it evaporates. However I did come across something interesting. For the next run of acid I decided to use magnetic black sand because we have a wash area that runs right by our house. So my idea was that using this might allow a more complete extraction of material for growing crystals on the iron rod. After extracting the black sand I decided to try grinding it down a little bit in a mortar and pestle and to my shock it turned a deep burgundy color. I have looked other places online to see if anyone else has experienced this phenomenon. Grinding black sand is fairly common in prospecting circles because it increases the amount of Gold you can extract from it. However in the articles I have read and pictures I've seen other people seem to be getting fine black powder, and nowhere have I seen this described. So my thought is that if it were simple oxidation of the iron that is occuring why aren't other people getting the same result? Also I'm not sure how this might facilitate or hinder the process for transmutation. If anybody else is looking at this kind of stuff and has any suggestions that would be greatly appreciated. Or if you might know why the color changes when grinding the black sand down.
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