Is there Black sand that doesn't suck?

[Akrite]

I'm looking for black sand, real black sand, not brown, not magnetic without white specks. I purchased CaribSea Hawaiian Black sand from my LFS and it's mostly black but not what I'm looking for. It's 25% white 25% shiny black that sticks to my mag-float when I clean the glass. I want all black sand, does it exist?

 

[hotelbravo]

someone correct me if im wrong but. black sand comes from beaches of volcanic islands and as such volcanic sand contains trace metals which could end up being magnetic and also be a partial mix of white sand. so in my critical thinking im not seeing any other options for you.

 

[d2mini]

Ya black sand sucks. It sucks to magnet cleaners and it sucks the light out of your tank.
I had the caribsea stuff in my nano and it did horrible.
Finally swapped it out and bam... things instantly turned around.
I've seen pics of some good looking tank with black sand but I'll never use it again.