Excellent, I am glad someone corrected me, now I know not to always listen
to my mother (a health freak).
Is there anything in it that may be harmful to snails? And if snails
ordinarily get there calcium from the dirt and the food they eat, could
something similar (perhaps the chalk dust mantioned) be mixed into their
dirt?
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From: Aydin Orstan <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Tuesday, 7 July 1998 22:50
Subject: Dolomite for snails?
>Dolomite, the mineral, is not "pure calcium", it is CaMg(CO3)2. I don't
know
>if the snails can utilize it.
>
>A.
>