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[–] [email protected] 39 points 5 days ago (2 children)

There's no way these wouldn't be ground up after 500 million years.

[–] [email protected] 54 points 5 days ago

Yup, OP text writer has no idea what they're talking about. The organisms that make this sand still exist today and are still making this sand

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/okinawa-japan-star-sand

[–] [email protected] 14 points 5 days ago

Probably like the sand that looks loke amazing snowflakes. The image for that one used selected granules from thousands (billions). Most sand is just ugly, and micro plastics.