Featured News. Greens Sand has been in the silica sand industry since 1979 and has been a distributor of specialised silica sand to the Industrial as well as Leisure market for over 30 years, distributing nationally and across borders. We store a wide range of grades of silica sands.
On the aluminum cap atop the Washington Monument in Washington, DC are two words: Laus Deo. It is true that the words Laus Deo are inscribed on one face of the aluminum point which crowns the apex of the Washington Monument.ashington continues to Give Praise to God On the aluminum cap atop the Washington Monument in Washington, DC are two words: Laus Deo. No one can see these words. In fact, most visitors to the monument have no idea they are even there and...for that matter...probably couldn't care less!
United States coins are made out of a few different types of metals. Pennies (1-cent coins) are made of copper and zinc. The zinc is actually on the inside, so we only see the copper color on the outside! A nickel (5-cent coin) is made out of copper and another metal that is called nickel. That should be pretty easy to remember! Dimes (10-cent coins), quarters (25-cent coins) and half dollars (50-cent coins) are made of three really thin sheets of metal that get pressed together. The outside layers of metal are copper and nickel.