Hi.
I'm from Croatia, Europe.
Can somebody point me to a supplier for black sand magnetite who is willing to ship it international ?
Everyone I found is shipping to USA only or ignoring my e-mails.
Thanks.
Quote from: rkahler on June 06, 2009, 09:50:41 AM
Hi.
I'm from Croatia, Europe.
Can somebody point me to a supplier for black sand magnetite who is willing to ship it international ?
Everyone I found is shipping to USA only or ignoring my e-mails.
Thanks.
you can collect you own if you have a beach or river and a magnet . Place the strong magnet in a plastic bag and drag it on the beach or river bank then collect the magnetite in another bag . Shipping is very expensive to europe in the order of 100 us dollars for about an ounce shipped to you . have you tried ebay ? IF you need it and are willing to pay the price i can get you some .
Gadget
Aren't you exaggerating the price?
Ounce is 28 grams, you can send it in a letter.
Give me a price for 5 pounds, so I can see is it worth it.
Around me, there are no hills or mountains with magnetite so I have no place to collect it.
Quote from: rkahler on June 06, 2009, 12:44:27 PM
Aren't you exaggerating the price?
Ounce is 28 grams, you can send it in a letter.
Give me a price for 5 pounds, so I can see is it worth it.
Around me, there are no hills or mountains with magnetite so I have no place to collect it.
I . I gave you an offer .It was a take it or leave it offer . and no you cant send it in a "LETTER" there are custom forms to be filled out and special shipping on minerals . it has to be insured and signature conformation so the seller don't get ripped off and shipping a box is anywhere for 40 79 bucks to europe from the Us .Thats why you are getting Ignored ,Its a hassle .you can get a gram here for 15 dollars at ebay and free shipping if you were in the us http://cgi.ebay.com/Magnetite-Black-Sand-from-New-Mexico-20-to-50-Mesh_W0QQitemZ250436962667QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item3a4f34c96b&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=65%3A12%7C66%3A2%7C39%3A1%7C72%3A1546%7C240%3A1318%7C301%3A1%7C293%3A1%7C294%3A50
Its real Magnetic loadstone sand
Magnitite Fe304 My cost is 110.00 for 5 Lbs + shipping so if you can set up the shipper i got the magnetite . Its slightly radioactive and contains trace minerals of less than .06 % .
Also the next post has a different kind of magnetite the cheaper kind :) there is at least 5 different kinds of black sand i have access to . one that is cheaper is mainly chromate and is radioactive as well .Its a problem shipping to Europe but not impossible .
Good Luck
Gadget
http://cc.bingj.com/cache.aspx?q=black+sand+magnetite+for+sale&d=76054525509694&mkt=en-US&setlang=en-US&w=c5e3b5d6,8f44c451
http://dorisludaye.en.ecplaza.net/
Gadget, thanks for offer, but 110.00 is too much, for that price I can get 10 pounds and same problem with shipping.
You wrote "shipping a box is anywhere for 40 79 bucks to europe from the Us".
I suppose it is 40-79 bucks, that is OK price for shipping for me.
Thanks anyway.
X00013, thanks, but Salmon is not accepting payments with credit cards or PayPal and chinese is selling rock form, not sand.
@ the original poster, if you live on planet earth there is magnetite around. it is formed from falling meteors that burn up in the atmosphere, (or to be more precise they boil to vapor and then this reacts with the oxygen in the atmosphere to quickly cool as the iron oxide we call magnetite, and as such has no ordering in crystal forms like you see in molten metal when it cools, This effect is exactly why metglas works so well but even it is not as excellent of a flash cooling process as the iron in meteors falling. This is why people are reporting that it is a better transformer material than metglas :) If you have a magnet and access to any land that has not been filled with human iron waste, you should be able to get plenty of it. Just get out and go for a walk in some woods and use the magnet. you will have to filter out any bigger chunks due to the naturally occurring iron deposits here on earth but anything really fine is sure to be a higher concentration of magnetite than you would expect :)
You can also put a strong magnet into your eavestrough (aka gutter) downspout where the rainwater will run over it. After a year or so of rain, check the magnet, it will be coated with meteoric iron magnetite.
Hello rkahler,
long time ago I ordered some samples of different grade Fe2O4 from this company here:
http://www.lkabminerals.com/en/Products/MagnaDense/ (http://www.lkabminerals.com/en/Products/MagnaDense/)
Its brand was at that time Minelco.
They send me 1 kg Magnadense of different size. The company is located in sweden where the mining is done from an 800 m deep resource. See the Download-section below the the picture of Mr. Teppler ? Here you will find the different grades of Magnadense.
The have departments in Europe. So write them where the closest depatment to croatia is and ask them for sample-material.
Here are the locations. The closest would be germany.
http://www.lkabminerals.com/en/About-Minelco/The-Company/ (http://www.lkabminerals.com/en/About-Minelco/The-Company/)
Regards
Kator01