Chapter 13A - Living Water And The Science of Mineral Purification
How volcanic minerals purify, structure, and energize water—restoring its lost intelligence.
Flocculation and Purification
Themarox removes toxins and contaminants primarily through flocculation, a process in which suspended contaminants—both soluble and insoluble—aggregate into larger, removable particles.
The key minerals responsible are ionic forms of iron, aluminum (as alum), magnesium, and calcium, all present as soluble (dissolvable) sulfates, along with a diverse spectrum of trace elements.
Electrostatic Attraction
These minerals carry electrical charges that attract oppositely charged particles such as colloids, dissolved metals, and organic molecules dispersed in water. By neutralizing the charges on these pollutants, the minerals allow them to clump together (flocculate) into visible clusters—a process known as flocculation and agglutination. The resulting aggregates become heavier and settle at the bottom (a process called deposition), effectively removing the contaminants from suspension.
When aluminum sulfate (alum) and iron sulfate are added to water, they react with the water’s natural alkalinity to form aluminum hydroxide [Al(OH)₃] and iron hydroxide [Fe(OH)₃]. These insoluble, gelatinous precipitates possess a large surface area and carry electrical charges, enabling them to attract and bind suspended particles, colloids, dissolved organic matter, heavy metals, and other pollutants.
As these hydroxide “gels” expand, they entrap and adsorb contaminants—much like sticky, charged jellyfish—making the whole complex denser and causing it to settle out of solution for removal by sedimentation or filtration.
Chemical Transformation
Additional purification occurs as trace minerals facilitate secondary chemical reactions— the formation of structured water and the conversion of toxic substances (e.g., sodium fluoride) into more stable and less harmful forms (e.g., calcium fluoride).
Visual Analogy
These hydroxide flocs function as a mesh or charged, viscous “jellyfish” in water:
Their loose, web-like, and highly hydrated structure makes them exceptionally effective at capturing fine or weakly charged contaminants, including dissolved minerals.
As the floc forms and falls, it continues to scavenge and aggregate additional particles, enhancing purification until it finally settles to the bottom
Conclusion
In the end, the genius of Themarox lies in its mimicry of nature’s own cleansing intelligence. Through the electrostatic dance of minerals—iron, aluminum, magnesium, calcium, and their trace companions—chaos is brought to order. Charged particles neutralize, contaminants are drawn together, and impurities literally fall away. What remains is clarified, restructured water—electrically balanced and chemically stable—restored to the state it was meant to be in before modern pollution and processing stripped it of vitality. Flocculation, then, is more than a mechanical or chemical event; it is a return to equilibrium, the quiet “choreography” by which minerals remind water how to purify itself.
P.S. If you want to learn more about the water purifier we made from Shimanishi’s volcanic-mineral complex, go to Aurmina.com.
P.P.S. — If you’ve read Chapter 19, “What’s Really in Your Water,” you already know how critical purification and remineralization are in an increasingly industrial world. Below is a list of some of the 250 pollutants and toxins that Aurmina removes (a sight to behold):
Upcoming Book Publications
Yup — not one, but two books are dropping from yours truly (at the same time? What?)
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