Flying Squid@lemmy.world to pics@lemmy.world · edit-21 year agoMy cousin is visiting Morocco right now. This is the edge of the Sahara.lemmy.worldexternal-linkmessage-square58fedilinkarrow-up1812arrow-down15file-text
arrow-up1807arrow-down1external-linkMy cousin is visiting Morocco right now. This is the edge of the Sahara.lemmy.worldFlying Squid@lemmy.world to pics@lemmy.world · edit-21 year agomessage-square58fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareFedizen@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 year agolook at all those raw materials for glass.
minus-squareBigBananaDealer@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up5·1 year agoi jeard that sahara sand is practically useless for that or maybe that was just for concrete or something
minus-squareKbobabob@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·1 year agoIt can’t be used for concrete because it’s too smooth due to erosion. Industrial sand is manufactured to have sharp edges so it holds better.
minus-squareAnd009@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoBeaches, rivers you name it. Flowing water makes the best kind of construction sand. In bangladesh, the sand mafia have literally eaten through making rivers extra wide.
look at all those raw materials for glass.
i jeard that sahara sand is practically useless for that
or maybe that was just for concrete or something
It can’t be used for concrete because it’s too smooth due to erosion. Industrial sand is manufactured to have sharp edges so it holds better.
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Beaches, rivers you name it. Flowing water makes the best kind of construction sand.
In bangladesh, the sand mafia have literally eaten through making rivers extra wide.