A fine black sand that is natural volcanic glass — black right the way through the grain, not dyed. Most black sand on the market is dyed quartz, which rubs and washes pale; this holds its depth and its catch of light. Clean and even, so it lies flat across a bed and runs consistently through a spray-on finish. A genuinely rare material — very little obsidian is ever processed into a saleable sand.
About this material
Obsidian is volcanic glass: lava that cooled too fast to crystallise. As a fine sand it holds a depth and a catch of light that dyed quartz doesn't get near. Clean and even, so it lies flat across a bed and runs consistent through a spray-on finish.
It only forms where the volcanic conditions were right, and very little of what exists ever gets processed into a saleable sand. Most black sand on the market is dyed quartz. This isn't, and there is not much of it about.
Obsidian only forms where the volcanic conditions were right, and very little of it ever gets processed into a saleable sand. Most black sand on the market is dyed quartz. This is the real thing, black all the way through, and there is not much of it about.
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Supply & delivery
Bagged in easy sizes, or by the bulk load — delivered to your door, yard or store.