Marble Chips Near Me

Buying marble chips locally

Marble chips are decorative, angular stones made from crushed marble. Their bright white color reflects heat and adds contrast in landscape designs. Yards also call it White Marble Gravel or Decorative Marble Stone. GoodGravel lists 135 suppliers that stock marble chips across 41 states. 43 of them deliver and 31 are pits or quarries that sell straight from the stockpile.

Expect marble chips to run $60 to $120 per ton at the yard, or $75 to $150 per cubic yard. A 10 ton load is $600 to $1200 before delivery. Heavier than it appears. Often sold in bags for residential use. Pits sit at the low end of that range and landscape yards at the high end, since the yard bought it from a pit and trucked it in.

Marble Chips works well for decorative landscaping and modern designs. Skip it for driveways and high-traffic walkways. The upside: bright appearance and reflects sunlight. The catch: can discolor over time.

Commonly available in 1/2"–1" sizes. Bright white to off-white. One cubic yard of marble chips weighs about 1.43 tons. A 3 inch layer over 500 square feet takes 4.6 cubic yards, which is close to 6.6 tons. Add 10 percent for settling and the odd low spot.

Press the location button at the top of the page and the list sorts by distance from you. Call the closest yard and ask for marble chips by name and by size. Ask if it is washed or still has fines in it, because that changes how it drains and how it packs. If the nearest yard is out, the next one is usually within 20 miles when you are near a city.

Under 2 tons, pickup with your own truck or a trailer is the cheaper route. A half ton pickup takes about a third of a yard per trip. Above 5 tons, delivery starts to pay for itself because the fee spreads over more stone. Either way, get the total price for your exact tonnage from two yards and compare those totals, not the price per ton.

Read more about the material on the marble chips guide.