Marble sand

evilbob22

evilbob22

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I've been on a quest to find base sand to fill out a deep sand bed for cheaper than $15 for a 30 lb bag. The local hardware stores don't have any aragonite play sand, but I did find a local stone company that sells marble sand. (Iwrin Stone in Rockville and Frederick MD, "white sand", $5 for 80lbs)
Anyone have any thoughts on using marble sand? It is the right size and is 90%+ calcium carbonite. It does have some mica and/or quartz and some potassium feldspar in it. Nothing gets picked up by a magnet and it reacts to vinegar.
 
superman59

superman59

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i live in maryland and I am also looking for base sand. Today I went to 3 homedepots and they had no agaronite sand.
 
evilbob22

evilbob22

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Bad news on the marble sand... after the vinegar ate through the calcium carbonate, there was a lot of "leftover" stuff there, including some iron. I don't think I'll be using it.
The HD at I95 and Eastern Ave in Baltimore sells Southdown.
I didn't want to go out there, it's an hour plus drive for me, but I think I will have to do it.
 
evilbob22

evilbob22

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Originally posted by superman59
do you know if they have any in stock.
No idea...
The quote about having it at all was originally posted by "fishnerd", who lives in Baltimore.
 
fishnerd

fishnerd

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I have not been there in about 4 months. I will be near there on Friday. I will check and let everyone know.
 
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