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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
Free
Making Steel Knives from Sands Found on Douglas Lake
June 24 at 7pm






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
Free
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