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Making Steel Knives from Sands Found on Douglas Lake 1
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Making Steel Knives from Sands Found on Douglas Lake

June 24 at 7pm

Pellston

Turn ordinary lake sand into steel knives using geology that's over a billion years old. Metallurgical engineer Dr. John Verhoeven shares how he and his team extracted iron from Douglas Lake's magnetic black sand and forged actual kitchen knives you can hold.

science lecture
hands-on demo
free event
Great Lakes geology

Tips

🔪actual forged knives passed around during the talk
⏳sand comes from 1.1 billion-year-old rock formations
🎓presenter is a Distinguished Emeritus Professor with 220+ published papers

Wednesday, June 24, 7:00 PM

Free

University of Michigan Biological Station

9133 Biological Rd, Pellston, MI 49769, USA

Free

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