Has anyone here back-filled a cast iron fireplace with vermiculite?
Yes.
Not just loose vermiculite tho, It's mixed with a slurry of cement/water which solidifies it. (I couldn't tell you the ratio tho, it was ages ago and we pretty much winged it.)
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Has anyone here back-filled a cast iron fireplace with vermiculite?