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   jet | Oct 03, 2007 02:19am | #1

   Thems be the seeds for prairie oysters.
   I have no idea really but maybe someone will come along and have an answer.
   one canadian to another.......welcome

   "No doubt exists that all women are crazy; it's only a question of degree." - W.C. Fields
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   vinniegoombatz | Oct 03, 2007 02:30am | #2

    

   Petrified guano    good for the garden

    

   "I'm not responsible for my actions."

    

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   NatW | Oct 03, 2007 02:32am | #3

   I found glass beads about the size of coarse sand in the rock wool in my attic. Apparently they formed when the molten rock was spun, before glass provided better quality control.

   Doesn't sound like what you have (not square), but maybe this will bump you again.

   Can you post pictures and size reference?

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   Sphere | Oct 03, 2007 03:46am | #4

   Probably Vermiculite or perlite...bad news is SOME once had some asbestos in it..wear a mask. I am not joking.

   Really, I am NOT joking.

   Spheramid Enterprises Architectural Woodworks

   "If you want something you've never had, do something you've never done"

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   Blojoker | Oct 03, 2007 03:51am | #5

   it is square in shape, about 1/8".  almost looks likes cat litter.... multiple colors per grain... very hard, and very dry....

   sound like what you are talking about?

    Brendon F.4th yr Carpenters ApprenticeMiddle of nowhere

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   Blojoker | Oct 03, 2007 03:55am | #7

   I checked images of both of your suggestions on google, it does not look like either, it looks much more like glass with ....  color grains?

   make sense?Brendon F.4th yr Carpenters ApprenticeMiddle of nowhere

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   hvtrimguy | Oct 03, 2007 04:40am | #8

   post a picture if you can"it aint the work I mind,
   It's the feeling of falling further behind."Bozini Latinihttp://www.ingrainedwoodworking.com

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   Blojoker | Oct 03, 2007 04:48am | #9

   I will as soon as my girlfriend returns home with one.

   Thanks very much guys.Brendon F.4th yr Carpenters ApprenticeMiddle of nowhere"I get paid by the hour, I can do it again"

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   Sphere | Oct 03, 2007 05:16am | #10

   Sounds like vermiculite, perlite is a garden additive and more 'fluffy'.  As I said, SOME issues were found with Asbestos in SOME Vermiculite.

   To be certain beyond a doubt, have it tested.

   Still, wear a mask, dampen any that may become airborne from disturbing it.

   Keep kids away, etc. 

   Google "vermiculite containing asbestos "  Ok, I did, here is a link that may help.

   http://www.ccohs.ca/oshanswers/diseases/vermiculite.html

   Many more links for reading using those key words.Spheramid Enterprises Architectural Woodworks

   "If you want something you've never had, do something you've never done"

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   splintergroupie | Oct 03, 2007 05:22am | #11

   An average paper mask or filter does not keep asbestos fibers out. That's why those hazmat guys get the big bucks.

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   Sphere | Oct 03, 2007 05:23am | #12

   True that, but I didn't also want to contribute to his death by anxiety...ya know what I mean?Spheramid Enterprises Architectural Woodworks

   "If you want something you've never had, do something you've never done"

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   splintergroupie | Oct 03, 2007 05:29am | #13

   Except for it being hard, it soundeda lot like Zonolite. I'm curious what it is now. There was a program on public TV recently about the Libby MT vermiculite mine and the attempts by the townspeople to get the place cleaned up via Superfund money and how the Rep. Governor stonewalled the designation. A WR Grace offical came to answer questions. Talk about sending a sacrificial lamb...he looked clueless, but guilty.

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   Sphere | Oct 03, 2007 06:14am | #16

   There's enough stuff out there that it could be, but better safe than dead is my motto.

   I know you have vast exp. in many fronts on this subject, I relinquish the reins to thou.Spheramid Enterprises Architectural Woodworks

   "If you want something you've never had, do something you've never done"

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   Blojoker | Oct 03, 2007 05:30am | #14

   lol, thanks.

   I will be careful, I have worked in asbestos (loose fill) before, and have the gear.

    

   Will post pic in about 1 hr from now.

   thanks.

    Brendon F.4th yr Carpenters ApprenticeMiddle of nowhere"I get paid by the hour, I can do it again"

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   Sphere | Oct 03, 2007 06:12am | #15

   I'll look in in the A.M.  Hittin the sack.Spheramid Enterprises Architectural Woodworks

   "If you want something you've never had, do something you've never done"

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   Danno | Oct 03, 2007 02:22pm | #17

   I agree with Sphere--vermiculite or similar granular insulation. The grains do look like shiny cat litter and light weight. One house we had to go up into the attic had it--we also remodeled a couple baths and every hole we cut into the ceiling caused a rain of that stuff. Recently put a ceiling fan in an old house--same thing. It will also get ground into floors and scratch them (nice oak floors). I kept sweeping it up because the guy I worked with would just walk on it and grind it in. He stood on the bed to work--did cover most of the bed with a drop cloth first.

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   BarryE | Oct 03, 2007 03:52am | #6

   Does it look like this?:

   http://www.epa.gov/asbestos/pubs/insulation.html

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   Barry E-Remodeler