Dear Jason: I cannot begin to tell you how excited I am about your posts regarding clay and your up-coming posts regarding how to prepare and use clay....
I live in Real county, in the "Hill Country" of Texas. It is a rocky mountain area, and I have a creek/river that flows through my property...the source is a spring that flows out of the side of the mountain about a mile and a half from my house.....Next to me is some land that I look after for my neighbor --about 1200 acres and it is all mountain and canyons...I was hiking and found a spring and pool where there is a clay bank....the clay is very light, cream in color....it is very elastic and pliable.....I discovered it because the wild hogs had dug into the bank and their dugout stays wet from the water oozing through the bank......I collected some of it, run it through a colander to get out twigs, etc...... Last month we had 17 inches of rain in two days and flooded the area...the canyons were raging with water....when I visited the spring, I found large gray-green or green turquoise slabs in the river bed down from the spring/pool ...I have not found the bank or source of it yet....but I did bring some of the green/slab....it crumbled easily and I soaked it in water....I do not find this clay with as much elasticity as the cream color......the canyon from this spring also goes to my river...when it floods the water comes into the river... On the banks of my river, I find a black clay/mud, I can collect it, and it is very pliable, can be formed easily and holds it shape when dry....I think it also has a high percentage of clay in it......I do see some green/turquoise sediment on some of the solid rock bottoms in the river...thinking it might be from a clay bank hidden under the earth....... When the river went on a rise, it went 12 feet above my dam and tore out the road and my beautiful pond below that is solid rock bottom.....the highway department came to fix the road, and helped me make repairs to the pond.......and it is now bigger and deeper than before because they built a spill-over that maintains the depth of the pond....(it is the source of water supply to the town six miles from me).....now the pond is 8 - 10 feet and 40 to 60 ft wide.......the thing that is interesting is the color of the water......it has always be crystal clear but has a light green color.....I always thought it must be a reflection of the trees, etc. now all of the trees on one side were ripped out, and the remaining trees have no leaves, no green grass....still the water is a light green, like the sediment I found when the pond was drained while restoring the road.....now there is no sediment, just solid rock and a little river rock, and the water is that color....just beautiful....... could we be getting that color from clay banks or would it be some micro-algae that I cannot see..... We have a lot of micro crystals (quartz) and most crystals I have found have been calcite.......I would think there is alot of calcite dissolved in the water. The only thing I know for sure, is that when a person floats around in the pond for an hour or so, you feel so good, so full of life and joy....... Now, I want to work with the clays that I have found and see what we can do...... Any advise or information regarding clays and healing would be so appreciated....I am an herbalist and want to consider putting clay and herbs together possibly. I plan on growing the herbs that I would put in the clay, so that the herbs would be fresh and would be grown in the earth that we are working with..... Sorry this post got so long, but I am excited about your post and wanted to give some background information of the land..... ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jason / AVRA" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, December 23, 2001 8:41 PM Subject: Re: CS>Unidentified subject! > > > Greetings, All! > > Bentonite is gray-green to green, in color. Greener clays are considered > more active for healing purposes. > > White bentonite is green bentonite that has gone through purification > processing. Most white bentonites are pharmacy grade bentonites. The > pharmacy grade bentonite is acceptable for internal use ( though not ideal > in my opinion ). I wouldn't even think of using it externally, it is too > corrosive. > > Some clays are greener through an increased level of magnesium. Some, due > to increased levels of ferrous oxide ( which some theorize the reaction that > causes the green color indicates a greater potency ). > > Jason > > >From: [email protected] (John A. Stanley) > >Reply-To: [email protected] > >To: [email protected] > >Subject: Re: CS>Unidentified subject! > >Date: Sun, 23 Dec 2001 18:57:16 -0600 > > > >In article <[email protected]>, > >Roger Barker <[email protected]> wrote: > > >John, would this be the black 'mud' seen in volcanic bubbling mud > > >pools? > > > >No. Bentonite is a white powder. > > > >-- > >John A. 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