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[โ€“] [email protected] 54 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

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

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

Perhaps they meant that these organisms are themselves ancient?