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VACATIONS FROM HOME: March 2015
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Sunday, March 29, 2015. Partly because I am a collector, partly because I am cheap, and partly because I have had the great fortune to see a goodly amount of this planet, I collect sand. What better way to remember a place than to bring some of it home with you? Now there’s a whole personal science to collecting sand! Travel destinations are considered viable because I need a sample from there. Is it “sand worthy”? DISCOVERING THE WORLD GRAIN BY GRAIN. NY TIMES SAND COLLECTING ARTICLE. I have traveled to...
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VACATIONS FROM HOME: PSAMMOPHILES IS US
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Sunday, March 29, 2015. Partly because I am a collector, partly because I am cheap, and partly because I have had the great fortune to see a goodly amount of this planet, I collect sand. What better way to remember a place than to bring some of it home with you? Now there’s a whole personal science to collecting sand! Travel destinations are considered viable because I need a sample from there. Is it “sand worthy”? DISCOVERING THE WORLD GRAIN BY GRAIN. NY TIMES SAND COLLECTING ARTICLE. I have traveled to...
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Something Sand: November 2016
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Tuesday, November 29, 2016. Ghost Ranch, New Mexico. Thank you Mary, for the sand from Ghost Ranch, New Mexico. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). The Mary Hemmerly Hecker Memorial Sand Collection. World Atlas of Sands. Sand Collection by Jade James (He will trade sand! How Microscopy Uncovers the Beauty of Sand. About sand types at Sand Atlas. Sands from around the world. Arkansas Geological Survey Blog. The Star Sand Beach of Hoshizuna-no-hama. Definition of an Arenophile. Foraminifera - Key to specie.
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Something Sand: June 2014
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Monday, June 16, 2014. It is so fun to receive sand from someone's favorite beach or visit to a very special place. Recently, I added 3 sand samples from these wonderful places, from wonderful friends:. Healing dirt from el Santuario de Chimago. From a friend searching for artistic enlightenment. Sand from a friend's favorite childhood beach in Santa Cruz, CA. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). The Mary Hemmerly Hecker Memorial Sand Collection. World Atlas of Sands. How Microscopy Uncovers the Beauty of Sand.
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Something Sand: The art of display
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Saturday, November 14, 2015. The art of display. This is a lovely way to display a sand collection. My sand collecting friend, Jim, turned me onto the Sand Collecting group. Of Facebook. They trade and exchange! This is a nice trade. I guess I need to leave my house to actually get sand to trade. MacroPhotographs of Sands from Around the World. The Mary Hemmerly Hecker Memorial Sand Collection. World Atlas of Sands. Sand Collection by Jade James (He will trade sand! About sand types at Sand Atlas.
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Something Sand: Ghost Ranch, New Mexico
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Tuesday, November 29, 2016. Ghost Ranch, New Mexico. Thank you Mary, for the sand from Ghost Ranch, New Mexico. The Mary Hemmerly Hecker Memorial Sand Collection. World Atlas of Sands. Sand Collection by Jade James (He will trade sand! How Microscopy Uncovers the Beauty of Sand. About sand types at Sand Atlas. Sands from around the world. Arkansas Geological Survey Blog. The Star Sand Beach of Hoshizuna-no-hama. Definition of an Arenophile. The International Sand Collectors Society. Ted Talk on Tumblr.