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<p>[QUOTE="komokwa, post: 1110115, member: 301"][USER=346]@Mark London[/USER] , who will know more than I !</p><p><br /></p><p>I hate it when cute little seals like that get bounced around and end up with all those little white scuffs and dings.......</p><p>maybe there's enuf ore in that soapstone ....that attracts the magnet..???</p><p><br /></p><p>( unless it's Basalt..)</p><p>"<b>Basalt</b> is a common gray to black volcanic rock. It is usually fine-grained due to rapid cooling of lava on the Earth's surface. ... Because of the presence of such oxide minerals, <b>basalt</b> can acquire strong <b>magnetic</b> signatures as it cools, and paleomagnetic studies have made extensive use of <b>basalt</b>."</p><p><br /></p><p>E9-1400 is said to be Lucy Nappatu , a female print maker born in 1927....</p><p>soooo...that's odd as well !!!![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="komokwa, post: 1110115, member: 301"][USER=346]@Mark London[/USER] , who will know more than I ! I hate it when cute little seals like that get bounced around and end up with all those little white scuffs and dings....... maybe there's enuf ore in that soapstone ....that attracts the magnet..??? ( unless it's Basalt..) "[B]Basalt[/B] is a common gray to black volcanic rock. It is usually fine-grained due to rapid cooling of lava on the Earth's surface. ... Because of the presence of such oxide minerals, [B]basalt[/B] can acquire strong [B]magnetic[/B] signatures as it cools, and paleomagnetic studies have made extensive use of [B]basalt[/B]." E9-1400 is said to be Lucy Nappatu , a female print maker born in 1927.... soooo...that's odd as well !!!![/QUOTE]
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