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  1. Take a magnet to get the iron out.
  2. Blow the poppy seed out with wind blowing or vacuum cleaner
  3. Dissolve the benzoic acid in pure alcohol (solubillity max. 2.6 M), filter off.
  4. Dissolve the salt in warm water, filter off the 'left-over' sand.

(it is possible to reverse the last to steps, but then it is more difficult to evaporate the 'benzoic acid'-tincture, after its final filtration, there will be also some salty water -from the previous step- dissolved in it)

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Spread the mixture as thin as possibly across a piece of paper. Run a magnet over the mixture and the iron filings will be attracted to the magnet.

Then add toluene or gasoline or similar ORGANIC solvent to the remaining mixture. Mix thoroughly and filter. The solvent extract will contain the organic camphor. Heat that solvent extract gently and evaporate the solvent off. Camphor will remain.

An alternative is to heat the mixture vigorously and camphor being organic will come off and can be condensed. There can be some charring though so organic solvent extraction is preferred.

To the remaining salt and sand, add water and mix and again filter. Boil the filtrate and evaporate the water off and you will be left with salt. All that will be left of the original mixture is wet sand. Rinse it and then dry it and you will have sand left.

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