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[Claude William Genest <genest@pivot.net>]

Love this topic.
I use AZOMITE which is an anocronym for (the) A to Z of Minerals 
Including Trace Elements .... It's all over my garden beds, under every 
tree and always added to my compost.... I used to drink the stuff and 
since it is essentially a clay, make facial masks out of it as well ( 
also to treat bee stings et.al) - I no longer drink it having 
understood that it is barely assimilable in its dust form and that it 
is the actions of the soil and plants that render it "colloidal" ( and 
I believe that it goes to an even finer state but I forget what that's 
called...)

As an aside, I would highly recommend listening to a tape which is 
available free called "Dead doctors don't lie" by a man named Wallach - 
He himself is somewhat of a buffoon and out to make a buck, but he sure 
has done his homework and he tells a fascinating story, echoed in 
"Secrets of the Soil" ( which has a great chapter on rock dusts and 
Azomite)) about how the longest lived people in the world are those 
living high in the mountains whose drinking water is so filled with 
glacial runoff that it is chalky white.... And yes, ACRES regularly 
runs brilliant articles on minerals and everyone in PC should be 
subscribed to that wondrous publication...

Now, if I can just get the investors of the eco golf course I'm working 
on to buy in to spreading TONS of the stuff over the whole area, oh my 
would that pay dividends in the long run.... Unfortunately, tough tough 
sell...

Claude

On Friday, April 1, 2005, at 02:01 PM, Keith Johnson wrote:

> Right, Larry, I've used a number of sources for dusts and fines 
> including a quarry in the northwest that produced a super-fine 
> material that worked very fast. Even the coarser material is effective 
> but takes a little longer for results to show up. I urge those 
> interested to ask for details from each particular regional quarry as 
> they are required to have their material tested for heavy metals and 
> should be able to provide a detailed assay of mineral components.
>
> Lawrence F. London, Jr. wrote:
>
> > > Pure environmentally clean finely ground rock dusts can be had free 
> > > for the hauling from nearly all rock quarrries - this material is 
> > > nearly as valuable as rock phosphate and greensand and  adds 
> > > significantly to the  flavor and nutritional quality of  crops.
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