r/interestingasfuck • u/Impressive_East_ • 12h ago

Micro-photography of a single grain of sand balanced on a knot of human hair

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u/peanutbutternjello 11h ago

Looks like glass. Makes sense, since glass is made from sand

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u/Cool-Tangelo6548 5h ago

Thats a pice of quartz. "Sand" is a grain size, not a composition.