6 lb Scrap Slate Sampler Box

A small taste of our quarry. We hand-gather this scrap from the rubble piles of our quarry in Maryland's Peach Bottom slate country along the Susquehanna, where Welsh quarrymen split slate by hand in the 1800s. It's hand-split blue-black slate, often with warm rust tones, and no two boxes are alike.

• 6+ pounds of mixed scrap slate pieces, mostly 2–8 inches, in random shapes
• Choose your thickness: Thin (1/4–1/2 in), Medium (1/2–1 in) or Thick (1–2 in). Thicker means fewer, chunkier pieces at the same weight
• Gathered, sorted by thickness and packed by us

Try it as basking spots, aquarium and vivarium hardscape, small craft and painting pieces, or a sample before you order a bigger box.

Why scrap costs less: these boxes are mixed rubble straight from our piles, with random sizes, odd shapes, broken edges and offcuts. That makes them just right for mulch, aquariums, terrariums, crafts and fill. If you'd like hand-selected, flatter, more uniform pieces for a garden bed, take a look at our Natural Slate Stone garden boxes instead.

All natural, never coated or dyed. Rinse before use, since quarry stone is dusty. Rubble edges are natural and can be sharp, so sand any edge a pet or little hands will touch.

Ships free in a USPS Priority Mail Medium Flat Rate box. US addresses only.