Glamarine Products Inc. is fortunate to have two of these deposits available. The clay is dug by hand and packed into sterile plastic bags, then loaded onto barges for transportation down the North West Coast of Vancouver Island. Upon arriving at the processing plant, the bags are opened and purified water is added, to keep the product in basically the same condition, as when it was exposed for the first time in a million years. Processing Processing is a simple method of removing large objects by continually passing the product through smaller and smaller screens, until the finished product passes through a 200 stainless steel mesh screen. In this lengthy operation there are no heat treatments or centrifuge used.
All processing is done at normal temperatures.
The refuse loss is mainly cockle and oyster shells. At this point it is determined where the product will be shipped. If it is being shipped to one of the humid countries, such as Taiwan or China, then an antibacterial agent is mixed into the product. This is done only as a precautionary step, as we have no control over how the clay will be treated when it arrives at its destination. If the clay has been sold to one of the large cosmetic companies, then the purchasing company has the choice whether to include a Biocide or not, most of them do.