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Odd Fact About Sand Used in Building Construction in Saudi Arabia javawizard 07-12-2008
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Posted by javawizard on July 12, 2008, 5:14 pm
The desert country of Saudi Arabia must import sand from other
countries. This is because their desert sand is not suitable for
building construction. - from the Travel section of www.odd-info.com

Posted by gruhn on July 14, 2008, 2:08 pm
> The desert country of Saudi Arabia must import sand from other
> countries. This is because their desert sand is not suitable for
> building construction. - from the Travel section ofwww.odd-info.com

I'm waiting for somebody to get around to telling me WHY it is so.

Posted by Troppo on July 14, 2008, 3:52 pm
87ef011438fa@x41g2000hsb.googlegroups.com:

>> The desert country of Saudi Arabia must import sand from other
>> countries. This is because their desert sand is not suitable for
>> building construction. - from the Travel section ofwww.odd-info.com
>
> I'm waiting for somebody to get around to telling me WHY it is so.
>

The link at odd-info leads to a book, and 20 minutes of googling didn't
produce an answer ...

Possible reasons?

Particle size (very fine)
High silica content
Salt content?
Therefore - cost of washing / regrading?

Posted by Kris Krieger on July 14, 2008, 10:18 pm

> 87ef011438fa@x41g2000hsb.googlegroups.com:
>
>>> The desert country of Saudi Arabia must import sand from other
>>> countries. This is because their desert sand is not suitable for
>>> building construction. - from the Travel section ofwww.odd-info.com
>>
>> I'm waiting for somebody to get around to telling me WHY it is so.
>>
>
> The link at odd-info leads to a book, and 20 minutes of googling didn't
> produce an answer ...
>
> Possible reasons?
>
> Particle size (very fine)
> High silica content
> Salt content?
> Therefore - cost of washing / regrading?
>

Another additional possibility? - maybe it's related to the types of rock
that the wind erodes into sand-sized particles?

Posted by Troppo on July 15, 2008, 7:58 am

>
>> news:266ac47c-954b-4e2c-b073-
>> 87ef011438fa@x41g2000hsb.googlegroups.com:
>>
>>>> The desert country of Saudi Arabia must import sand from other
>>>> countries. This is because their desert sand is not suitable for
>>>> building construction. - from the Travel section ofwww.odd-info.com
>>>
>>> I'm waiting for somebody to get around to telling me WHY it is so.
>>>
>>
>> The link at odd-info leads to a book, and 20 minutes of googling
>> didn't produce an answer ...
>>
>> Possible reasons?
>>
>> Particle size (very fine)
>> High silica content
>> Salt content?
>> Therefore - cost of washing / regrading?
>>
>
> Another additional possibility? - maybe it's related to the types of
> rock that the wind erodes into sand-sized particles?

I have a cousin who has spent about 30 odd years in construction on the
Arabian Peninsula. I think he worked for MbL (father of ObL) for while.
He'll know. I'll see if I can track him down ... my cousin I mean :-)

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