Oddest research question - the price of sand.

[jaerdaph]

I know what #1 is...what's #2?

Teacher.

 

[Warehouse23]

Turns out Saudi Arabia actually imports sand....

... mind you, it's high-grade stuff to make silicon chips out of, but anyhow.


//Hauling coal to Newcastle.

 

[VirgilCaine]

Depends on the color of sand, and any other qualities you want it to have. And you can always change the name, add some nebulous quality to it and sell it to gullible yuppies for double the price. Hey, it worked for 'organic' food, why not sand right?

But the price is going to vary by state/country, how refined the sand is/particle size, etc.

A ton of green sand is probably going to be expensive. And yeah, there's literally GREEN sand in the world.

 

[Hand of Evil]

I would say you MAY want to look at glass blowing or history of.

 

[adwyn]

Keep in mind that modern sand prices would have nothing to do with historic ones due to the cost of transportation. Look around the internet and you should find what the Romans paid for the sand used in the colliseum. It was imported from Africa.

 

[Bryan898]

Iowa, on the other hand....

It's not that bad... there's a couple lakes with natural sand... I think. Anyway, the beach near my house uses imported sand, and I bet it costs a ton.