Slate pencils are made from a type of sedimentary rock known as Shale, which is composed of mud that is a mixture of clay minerals (kaolinite, montmorillonite and illite) and small quantities of other minerals especially quartz and calcite. The ratio of clay to the other minerals gives the shale its colour. Shale from which slate pencils are made, are light gray in colour.
Slate pencils in some regions are made from soft Soapstone, which is a metamorphic rock, composed dominantly of talc.
Your eating them shows that you have a condition called PICA. It usually occurs in a person who has a mineral deficiency. Since the main ingredient in slate pencils is either clay or talc, they tend to reduce ones appetite, and more seriously reduce the absorption of iron in your body and make a person anemic.
I have personally experienced this and so can tell with a certain degree of certainity. I used to eat slate pencils at the rate of a box per day(20 pieces), and finally after a while I was diagnosed with Iron deficiency anemia. My haemoglobin levels dropped to half the normal range.
I would advise you to visit a doctor as soon as possible and get ur CBC test done. Do stop eating slate pencils before it is too late. correct whatever mineral deficiency you have and once that is corrected the craving to eat slate pencils will automatically vanish and until then please exert ur will power and stop eating those slate pencils.
Gud luck and stay strong.
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A typical pencil box weighs around 4-6 ounces when empty. The weight can vary depending on the material, size, and design of the pencil box.
I wouldn't eat a cookie that has been in the same box with a pencil.
No, the compound noun 'pencil box' is a concrete noun, a word for a physical object.
The weight of a pencil box can vary depending on its size, material, and contents. On average, a standard plastic pencil box may weigh around 100-200 grams.
An empty average pencil box typically weighs around 2-5 ounces. However, this weight can vary depending on the material and size of the pencil box.
simple ,there comes two types of pencil slatei) thin ,ii) thick.and these are available at any near by stationary. Try these pencil slates from all the near by stationaries and choice that of your taste and that of different companies.I likes the thin one, the packet's color is brownish ,and the box's color will be the same as that of the flag of india. And slate is written on the box.NOTE: You can also try fuller's earth [hindi:multani mitti]l, it also tastes great and wet fuller's earth smells just awesome.
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A typical pencil box weighs around 0.5 to 1 pound, depending on its size, material, and contents.
You are mentally challenged.
I posted the Slate article about that in the related links box below.
Notebooks, pencil, eraser, pencil box... stationary?