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Re: Blackboard Chalk

To: Aquatic-Plants at actwin_com
Subject: Re: Blackboard Chalk
From: Michael D Nielsen <mnielsen at U_Arizona.EDU>
Date: Sat, 2 May 1998 21:24:04 -0700 (MST)
In-Reply-To: <199805011948.PAA27998 at acme_actwin.com>

Actually it is neither of these materials.  Blackboard chalk is made from
the very tiny (less than 5 microns diameter) critters called coccoliths
and they are calcite which is CaCO3 in a hexagonal form.

Just being a "prig" or trying to fulfill by duty to the list.
   
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