This is the 15th year of continuous daily publication for 365Caws. All things considered, it's likely it will be the last year as it is becoming increasingly difficult for me to find interesting material. However, I hope that I may have inspired someone to a greater curiosity about the natural world with my natural history posts, or encouraged a novice weaver or needleworker. If so, I've done what I set out to do.
Friday, June 26, 2015
Colourless
Day 256: Bonus points to anyone who recognizes what's going on here without reading the explanation. Regrettably, the exercise didn't quite pan out like I'd hoped. It was my first attempt at gold-panning and although my technique seems to be correct, my handful of black sand gave up no colour unless there are micro-particles mixed in with the magnetite. I'll do a closer analysis before emptying the pan onto my driveway, but I can say with certainty that I won't get rich at this rate.
Labels:
black sand,
gold-panning,
magnetite,
pan,
prospecting
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