Who We Are:

ISCS members vary widely in age, occupations, and sand
interests. To some, the hobby is strictly a unique,
informative, and relaxing pastime with opportunities to
exchange sand samples with members if they so choose.

The Society is interested in growing in both members and sand
related information. It hopes to further its assistance in education
and to all those who have a serious interest in sand, its study, and
research. Our goal is to organize and standardize the hobby so that
its worldwide members can more easily correspond and exchange
samples and information with each other.

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ISCS Division Advisors

Mark Bitter - Sedimentary, Rose Blanchard - Education, Rose
Blanchard & Marco Bonifazi - Biogenic Sands, Leah Aronow
Brown - Psychometry, Mike Colella - ISCS Photographer. Victor
De Graff - Sand Painting, Andy DeGruchy - Historical Mortars,
David Douglass - Geology. Thomas Hopen - Microscopy, John
Jupp - Industrial Silica, Stephen Leatherman - Beach, Walter
Mack - Rare Sands, Alec Marcus - Gemmology, Ralf Milke -
Mineralogy, Loes Modderman - Contributor, Tom Morrison - Sand
Castles, Jim Walters - Geography, Jim Zimbelman - Planetary
Geology.

Teachers and professors employ sand as teaching tools in
their classrooms and as study material in a vast array of
scientific experiments. Others use it in their art and
photography. But most members use sand as the
keepsakes of pleasant past vacations and events. All this
diversity truly makes us an international brotherhood of
Psammophiles. The ISCS is blessed with the enthusiasm
of its members, in their dedication, generosity, exchange of
information, willingness to help promote the hobby, and to
share their unique experiences.

Then, as now, the Society's purpose is to promote the hobby and
collection of sand gathered for personal gratification and amateur
and/or professional study.

*2004 ISCS All Rights Reserved *

Nicholas D'Errico
Director/Publisher

William S. Diefenbach

Hilaire Bojonell

Copy Editor

All About Us

Founded in 1969 by William S. Diefenbach

P.O. Box 117 * North Haven, CT 06473-0117 USA * Phone & Fax: 203 239-5488 * Email: ISCS@juno.com

Discovering the World, Grain by Grain

The ISCS is also very honored to have several of its
members act as Division Advisors these gracious
individuals volunteer their time and expertise in their
respected fields by responding to the specific requests for
information from members. The ISCS is always interested
in qualified members with knowledge to act as advisors
within their specialized fields.