Why is All Sand the Same?

[@kylenetherwood8734]

I don't like silicon dioxide. It's coarse and rough and it gets everywhere.

[@Frostedlyre]

Yeah I hate that

[@rqbzility2732]

True

[@lemon9.9]

Kyle Netherwood is that starwar prequel memes?

[@김경연-s1d]

I donno why that is ssso famous It gets everywhere

[@sankang9425]

But you are using a machine that was a pile of silicon dioxide 10yrs ago

[@DUCKSMALL]

1:04 Dropping that wisdom as well I see.

[@ninjabreadgirl]

+Ewing Ho Hahahaha

[@Akash-ue5uq]

Lol

[@vparker1543]

+Ewing Ho LOL i noticed that as well. Quick commercial for love...

[@derpess2783]

Ewing Ho ii

[@TitoTheThird]

It seems the vid OP has been burned. :)

[@TheLordboki]

A gemstone we call amethyst is actually quartz that got its color due to impurites. It is, basically, an impure mineral that is worth more then it's pure counterpart. Veriety really is the spice of life.

[@nonec384]

glass is in theory one of the most pure ,but its the worthless

[@aixide]

There are actually a lot of different varieties of quartz with different impurities, I think that the coloration of amethyst is caused primarily by iron. Not going to claim anything though. Did a quick search, and I somehow forgot about citrine, smoky quartz, rose quartz and others

[@UserOfTheName]

its the same deal with ruby and sapphire there pure form which i forget the name of is worth less

[@am_Nein]

Variety**

[@leechyfruit4464]

@@UserOfTheName the pure form is called corrundum, and its just about worthless. It is litterally what happens when you rust aluminum,l. However throw in some chromium, and you got a ruby.

[@darkstar7988]

That's a question: How does sand get into deserts?

[@mianormalis]

Erosion does not need water. Heat fluctuation to break stone and winds are enough. ...not to say I know, because I just guess/remember. Winds slowing down in a certain area can deposit sand just as potently as rivers do and a whirlpool of sand can erode the surrounding stones even further. The lack of water is even needed for a patch of sand to grow into a desert. Wet sand does not fly... Sooo... it may not be the sand that "gets into the desert" but the rest that goes away. Plus there is sand now where are no oceans or rivers any more but they used to be there long time ago. If the place is covered by a layer of something else or is wet the sand stays put. Than when it dries out and/or the cover gets eroded away you get a deset.

[@PongoXBongo]

^This can be a process called "desertification", which is allowing the Sahara to quite rapidly expand southward into (formerly) sub-Saharan Africa as we speak. Deforestation increases moisture loss in soil (via wind and sun exposure), causing the organic "soily" bits to dry out and break down, leaving only the rocky bits (sand). When there's insufficient rain or irrigation to replace that soil moisture you get desertification (like the Dust Bowl in 1930's America).

[@RIFLQ]

Aliens

[@marks9127]

@@PongoXBongo Sahara used to be an ocean (or sea, don't remember) once. So river sediments (ones that flowed to the ocean in Sahara) + time + location un tropics + global temperature increase = desert. And btw, 70% of sahara is actually rocky desert.

[@realbland]

no the real question is how do deserts get into sand

[@cooljayhu]

As a geologist, I'd just like to say this is a great and simple explanation with perfect detail but without getting too technical. Well done.

[@TheRealGuywithoutaMustache]

This channel taught me more about the mineral composition of sand in 2 minutes than 3 days at my Geology class.

[@gray_el6551]

Who are you

[@pluggothesluggo5509]

@@gray_el6551 some guy without a mustache

[@lameboi1278]

Also SOT

[@unknownherrscher]

same

[@dominic508]

As someone who grew up on an island, never farther than 10 minutes away from a beach, this just changed my whole perception of this little piece of world I came to be so familiar with. Thanks for that, awesome video

[@Billy-q5s]

What island?

[@Aamedin100]

The author of this is obviously not a geologist. A sedimentologist can identify which outcrop sand comes from with a petrographic microscope. Sand is a size--one may as well ask "why are all inches the same?" What is being discussed here is mature sand: very round, overwhelmingly quartz sand. Immature/young sands have a higher proportion of unstable minerals, and angular grains, due to their closer proximity to the source material. I've worked with some formations where the source was so close to the depositional setting that there was, essentially, no change in the material, even the least stable grains (micas and feldspars in this case)--in fact, the only way to tell the difference between "source" and "sediment" was how hard the stuff was!

[@pfinhulk6726]

You are a native speaker, aren't you? I tried to say something similar (not as detailed as you and only from a point of view of someone who still goes to school) in a comment before, but then I realized I lack the english words...

[@passengerpigeon761]

Thank you for saying this! I did my thesis on the mineralogy of stream sediments in Cuba.. the title of this video set off alarms in my head :)

[@kennarajora6532]

If I recall correctly, only a specific type of sand can actually be used in concrete manufacturing.

[@Nimbus3690]

wow that image to go along with the sands of time pun at the end, just wow

[@ramiel555]

maybe it's just me, but....damn, I was kind of extremely impressed by that sands of time image at the end O.o

[@gabrielsantos2430]

You're not alone!

[@sanketchakraborty3775]

Yup

[@weaponized_toaster]

Re

[@Goabnb94]

I was taught it was the waves eroding the rock on the shore that caused sandy beaches

[@JacobBurrell]

I always thought that too!

[@codediporpal]

Yep, me too. But if you think about, that makes no sense. There would be no consistency in the grain size.

[@MrEnterbass]

In the video he talked about the mineral quartz, which makes up a large proportion of sedimentary rocks you find near river banks or beaches, such as sandstone. Overtime the rock is weathered and eroded into smaller and smaller particles until it becomes sand. So what you learnt is still correct.

[@nickp5524]

fewwef weffefwf Ugh, people have been saying that for centuries in order to avoid having to admit they can't understand simple concepts, so they pick an even simpler concept and claim it explains everything.This is most not good for learn new stuff.

[@MellohiTube]

fewwef weffefwf lol

[@bradhintz2901]

Sand is also made by fish eating coral, digesting it, and hurlin' it outta their poop chute.

[@ItsGabeDavis]

^Yep

[@Muffinmurdurer]

Hey Egoraptor, we got some poopy castles.

[@isaacgans290]

That's true. Sand is part fish shit.

[@xkinsey3831]

The amount of times that "Shit" has gotten into my mouth....

[@amogus6770]

I’ve been walking in fish shit

[@thejerrymobile]

Takes me back to that one geology class I took. We all had that one geology class.

[@Madmagicanman1]

Geology? No, you've gotta apply to take that class; it's not required in public schools

[@Brew805]

one of my favorite classes. such a joy to be able to look at the world and know what you're seeing

[@thejerrymobile]

Madmagicanman1 I think you took "we all" more literally than it was.

[@Wafflical]

I actually haven't had that one yet. I'll probably have it next year.

[@holdmybeer]

Never took geology. At least I don't remember.

[@thatsoliz]

I teach an introductory/for all majors Earth Science lab. I wish I this video was a few weeks earlier because I would have definitely emailed them to remind them what they needed to know for their lab final. Good thing I'm teaching the same lab next term and will definitely use this for a simple review and to get my students thinking about the rock cycle (which they always struggle on). Anyways, great video!

[@akumabelmont5315]

that ending was beautiful

[@whatever]

Interdasting

[@harleyjones690]

not as interesting as hot women's butts! Am I right, or am I right camera man?

[@bobbysantiago5659]

No, you're not right. You're left.

[@luckyduck8295]

Interdasting should be a new word

[@Sinnbad21]

EpicTube I agree. I laughed so hard when I see that word haha

[@hi-in8xz]

No

[@GodeAssassin15]

I like what he did on the end :3

[@forestpepper3621]

There are hobbyists who collect sand from different beaches all over the Earth. Sand samples from different beaches each have their own unique characteristics, including not only color, but even how the sand "sounds" when you shake the sample. While the chemical composition of all sand is basically the same, there are certainly other subtle traits that distinguish the sand from different places on Earth. I recall that there are perhaps hundreds of varieties of naturally occurring sand.

[@Kram1032]

That probably was one of the best episodes of Minute Earth yet. Fascinating!

[@Claiborne333]

Though mostly correct and yes the formation you describe does occur. Quartz would not usually crystallize in the same location as amphibolite and olivine. As those weaker "mafic", meaning silica poor, silicate minerals like olivine cool and solidify at the higher temperatures they tend to settle to the bottom of the magma chamber. leaving, more felsic minerals like feldspar, mica, and quartz to form the top of the cooling magma chamber. The reason most beaches are made of this quartz not olivine is because of how small olivine particles tend to be because of their weak structural bonds their size makes them more likely to be washed out to sea, while the larger stronger quartz particles settle out.

[@Simon-xi7lb]

+manawesome326 O_o?

[@BLARGHALT]

i like gettin' brain learned.

[@markhanson6563]

Aren't you afearin your brain will splode?

[@summershine0360]

@byron141 Hi good to see ya again.....yes I'm still modeling part time

[@lolsethlol]

summerShine03 No one asked.

[@Soaring_Penguin]

summerShine03 I've seen these comments in a couple of places now. You really do get around KZbin telling this Byron guy that you're still modeling, don't you?

[@randomvidsphivo9238]

Blarghalt I

[@BinkieMcFartnuggets]

Sand only looks all the same to an ignorant person. Also, sand is horrible at driving.

[@GAM3R3DG3]

Sand doesn't drive.

[@XXneatfreakXX]

ED LV rly

[@10DontStopTheMusic01]

Binkie, 1:48 ...

[@andreacorposmae4202]

@chad628 Hi so bored today

[@archieross0239]

@russell427 Hi time to clean the browser history again :/

[@IstasPumaNevada]

A lot more interesting and complete and (hopefully) correct than just "sand is rocks that have been broken down by the waves". Neat! I've played on a black sand beach on the Avalon peninsula on the island of Newfoundland. It was pretty cool. It also stuck to the skin tenaciously (I'm guessing since it was presumably flakes of volcanic rock rather than quartz particles; the Avalon Peninsula is volcanic in origin).

[@popomc5577]

The illustrations were particularly pretty this video. Thank you.

[@philandros3195]

This was definitely one of your better videos (says a lot).. The flow was perfect!

[@TheJordanBukikosa]

But sands (even beach sands) are definitely NOT all the same. Even here on Guam (tiny ass pacific island) we have at LEAST 3 different types of sand, and varying mixtures of them and other "dirt". "Normal" Quartz sand, Limestone sands, and Volcanic sands.

[@TheJordanBukikosa]

Yup. I commented before finishing the video. 👌🏽 But regardless, he did make the majority of his video about quartz sand, and the title is "Why are all sands the same?" Soooo, that's really what I'm talking about here.

[@jaytheman5386]

Jordan Bukikosa because he means most sands

[@danaedang2072]

I commented on the same thing, don't worry you're not alone. :)

[@ymeynot0405]

+Jordan Is standard quartz sand by definition "sand", and all other types of sand require the prefix of type to properly represent them? I know this is true with some other words but I'm blanking at the moment. I'll try this one, but I'm not 100% sure that it works. Water == fresh water but salt water always requires the term "salt" in front of it. Unless, you are referring to a body of water, then it be comes "the" (definite article) water.

[@TheJordanBukikosa]

I seriously doubt it is grammatically so, but practicality comes into play and since most sands people know are quartz based sand, "sand" usually refers to quartz sand. It's not a rule, though.

[@likabaws1153]

WOW this was prolly the best answer ever, and all the explanation makes sense.

[@GavApple.]

Another great video guys!! You have taught me so much over the last year, so thank you! :-)

[@DeFaulty101]

Beautiful. Poetic. Most importantly, enlightening. This was one of your best videos. :)

[@SeanHollingsworth]

From a geologists definition, sand is not about composition, it is about grain size only. The grain size of Sand is the easiest to erode and the easiest to transport by water. Small enough to be easily eroded and transported by water, and also large enough not be electrostaticly bound together, such as with silt. So of you take a sandy beach on an isolated island in the south Pacific, the lighter colored sand on the beaches is literally remnants of sea shells and other sea life. On the Hawaiian islands, the indigenous sand is black and has basaltic origins, lots of obsidian; as opposed to sand that has a granitic or metamorphosed sedementary rock origins. Virtually all of the white sand in Hawaii is imported. One of the sand assignments in college was to determine where several different samples of sand originated, and its respective chemical composition. That was a good one ;-)

[@Mistran5lation]

That background jazz is smoother than a perfect sphere of silicon to redefine the kilogram.

[@beninreallife]

I always thought that the ocean over thousands of years crushed the rocky land into sand. I guess you learn something new every day.

[@originalBlueSin]

This is great video.

[@russianraccoon7401]

Title sounds like he's gotten through breakup with bunch of sand and is now thinking all of them are same

[@Zerepzerreitug]

wow :D I never thought sand was so fascinating. Or is it fascinating now that you've explained it, given how everything you explain seems to _become_ fascinating? What comes first, fascinating topic or Henry explaining it? Can Henry explain an issue and not make it fascinating? Aaaah!

[@trk20.]

Wow! I didn't know a video could be so educational and entertaining at the same time!

[@bryanFDNY]

another great and informative video great work you have my like

[@TJ-bk9vf]

Very interesting and educational video. Thanks for sharing! The only difference between sands is the size of the sand particles. There are very fine sands which have very small particles, and then there are course sands made up of larger particles.

[@ankithtirumala6259]

Good point,but what size does a grain of sand become a small rock? Just a question.

[@MonkeyJedi99]

@@ankithtirumala6259 Here's a koan I made up about a decade ago similar to your question. "How long is a piece of string?"

[@LatencyProblem]

The music is so relaxing

[@kalebbruwer]

you explain the forming of beaches MUCH Better then my geology teacher.. . and you're just a youtuber! what's wrong with this world's education?!

[@R4V3-0N]

+Kaleb Bruwer not educations fault (unless you're in USA... ish), it's just different people learn at different rates to different methods and teachers. This is how some kids can just attend 1 class and then ace the test for that subject and how some other people who had the same starting knowledge and will to learn take months to do the same (and possibly do worse) It has to do with attention span, short term and long term memory, memorisation skills, and ways you think which can also mean your life style and what you do for a hobby. Someone would have found your geology teacher the best one on the world, you find them useless. You found this YT channel as amazing and the best source of learning, some people out there do not and think it's a waste of time (ie. look at downvotes) Also this isn't fully explaining how beaches are formed, it slightly works in reverse as the waves push some sediments and stuff upwards onto the beach, this is how some corral or shell beaches come as well some normal ones.

[@kalebbruwer]

R4V3-0N South Africa. our teacher just gave us some kind of scetch that shows a river pouring into the sea at a wbeach with a arrow showing the sea current and said that beaches are formed from waste that the river brought down.\ also, this at least explains where the material comes from. if beaches were really formed of waste, none of them would be the same .

[@iota-09]

+R4V3-0N "and ways you think" that shit made me a failure in school, no idea how to learn stuff.

[@jellypeanutbutter666]

That's a great question! Why is this video more compelling than your teacher? Is it failing global education systems? Maybe. Certainly there's room in our education system for inclusion of more materials like this video. But why else might this video be better than your teacher at explaining certain things? And is that a damning indictment against global education? 1) At least seven professionals were involved in the production of this video. 2) These videos receive around $1000 per minute from Patreon alone, excluding ad revenues etc. 3) Whether you have a good geology teacher is probably not a strong metric for global education standards.

[@lbn6486]

'Just a KZbinr'. How do you know he doesn't have better qualifications than your geology teacher?

[@pbezunartea]

Beautifully explained, thank you!

[@npip99]

1:34 This is also another significant aspect of why sand always has the same grain size worldwide. There's only a particular grain size that drops out right at the coastline. Larger grain sizes drop out upstream, smaller grain sizes drop out in the ocean.

[@Gu53cUa]

only if minutephysics could be like this

[@Tsolargaming]

This presentation was well rounded and beauty. I am thankful for it's creation.

[@HeartlessGorre]

love is like sand, take that anakin skywalker!

[@naominekomimi]

I was always told that sand you find on a beach is just little bits of shell from various sea organisms that have been crushed by water and eroded by water enough to make those tiny shapes, and the reason it's all pretty similar is because of the physical and chemical properties of it leading to a diminishing returns in the erosion department. Is this not a factor?

[@TacticusPrime]

+Naomi Nekomimi It depends on the beach. Some beaches have a higher amount of calcium carbonate sand, the kind you get from dead shelled creatures, coral, and the waste of those that eat them.

[@adidanusaputra4761]

Indeed they are sand sized carbonate grains. Sand is just a size parameter. Any minerals whose size are similar to sand is called sand.

[@GothicSilverWolf666]

You should talk about the black sand beaches in a later episode as a follow-up :)

[@robclippo1161]

Well in Australia or the part I live in, when I go to different beaches, there is different size and colour sand. Some are almost red, some have large gravel type sand, some have smooth creamy coloured sand and some is almost white.

[@TheGuruOfGame]

I know this takes time to make but i with there was more.

[@ZackATTACK42]

LOL @ the relationship metaphor.

[@nfy0756]

ZackATTACK42

[@andreabriscoe4461]

ZackATTACK42 h

[@senpaisanchoyt5225]

ZackATTACK42 Someone doesn't know what a reply button is

[@David_Lloyd-Jones]

Photograph at 0:21 clearly shows that all sand is *not* the same.

[@JustinTimeCuber]

photograph at 4:20:69 clearly shows that extremely literal-minded people on the internet are annoying.

[@Quarter2Doom]

Sand isn’t the same though, which is important to know for construction. Desert sand for example is practically useless, as it’s the wrong shape.

[@aliak530i]

Then what about Sahara Desert or middle east? Really intrigue by this episode topic.

[@jessenright22]

So much drawing in this one! Must have taken a long time. Nice job!

[@MrMadMurder]

You kind of forgot long shore drift, one of the most common ways sand is transported along shore lines.

[@brayden9373]

There’s a beach on the big island of Hawaii that has sand of olivine. I’ve been there and it’s a small little dip in a shoreline that has green sand at the bottom. The surrounding weathered stone walls are rich in bits of olivine and as stone gets weathered away bits of olivine get freed and fall into the beach. The drive is pretty rough but it’s worth it.

[@srabbelier]

Sand, another fine example of physics at work over a long period of time.

[@Gytiss93]

what do you mean by physics? its chemistry physics just spreads the sand and still with help of chemistry

[@srabbelier]

Gytis Janulevičius I was thinking MinutePhysics, but this videos is on MinuteEarth, so sure, chemistry as well :-)

[@Monochromicornicopia]

Gytis Janulevičius All of biology is chemistry, and all of chemistry is physics. The study of physics subsumes all other scientific disciplines because physics is "the study of the universe". Last time I checked, sand is in the universe.

[@JeremyWall]

What if it's transdimensional sand? Is it still physics then?

[@Monochromicornicopia]

Jeremy Wall If we discover something, it is necessarily part of the universe.

[@OneUpdateataTime]

The artwork gets progressively cooler and cooler.

[@pimbvlo]

DAT ENDING PICTURE!!

[@a51carr]

Ty for this video, can't wait to show this to our grandchildren:) I love your channel.

[@Neceros]

I haven't even watched it and I know this is a trick question. Sand isn't the same. No piece of sand is similar.

[@Neceros]

Azure Kite Nah, each piece of sand is unique. Sand isn't just made of quartz, although that's a big portion of it. Sand is made up of almost everything else from the word, too.

[@TheBenolds]

No piece of sand is 'similar'? Chemistry is not on your side there mate

[@Maxflay3r]

Neceros The question implied sand in the general meaning, not the grains by themselves.

[@Neceros]

Maxflay3r Ah. Well then ignore my statement.

[@allminecraftunited]

one last thing, you were looking for the word "same", not "similar" all sand is similar, all though they are not the same

[@recoilzriot6211]

I was sleeping the whole video and I awake immediately , when you said "Sands Of Time".. DUDE I AM A BIG FAN OF THAT GAME

[@MrWeathermaniac]

I need to do my homework but this is much too interesting!

[@SwiftXephos]

Thank god this is my homework!

[@MrWeathermaniac]

Jebidiah Kerman *glares with jealousy*

[@yellowcrash10]

MrWeathermaniac How did you escape the asterisks? ._. Whenever I put asterisks around text, *it makes it bold like this*.

[@MrWeathermaniac]

yellowcrash10 .... I have NO idea ._."

[@yellowcrash10]

MrWeathermaniac :'(

[@GoldenBoy661]

Its 4 in the morning and I'm sitting here watching Minute Earth videos when I have studies tomorrow..

[@808thampire]

What about the sand in deserts?

[@pvillalbapizarro]

prettty much every dessert was once part of a sea or ocean

[@TheRedfuss]

on the eight day god created the deserts

[@mahxylim7983]

I used this as topic as my oral present. Minute Earth helps me a lot !

[@zedek_]

Good stuff.

[@loveisanopendoor5745]

MinuteEarth explains things ALOT more clearly then other informative videos.

[@videakias3000]

I have a question, I know that quarz is one of the most common matterials in the world,but I wonder,are here any planets where quartz is way less common than it is here on earth?

[@billschlafly4107]

Yes.

[@paulipock3241]

Has to be. No two planets are the same.

[@prosincr]

Paul Ipock you cannot even begin to make that statement with any sort of certainty.

[@billschlafly4107]

Dilip Tien I made the same claim with less words. I said it without clause as did Paul. No 2 distinct items that exist in reality are identical aside from the DNA of identical twins. Even so, identical twins are not identical. And not to get caught in a false dichotomy. The only assumptions I've made is that the amount of quartz could be "much less" on another planet and that is based on the fact that there are likely trillions of planets of which to compare. The answer to vid's question is...yes.

[@prosincr]

Bill Schlafly your first two sentences did not make sense. Same is not the same as identical. You could find another planet with a similar amount of Quartz that we do but still have that planet be different. You can also have a planet with a different amount of Quartz and be similar.

[@zaw408]

This is one of your best videos! Love it!

[@danielclark3618]

Oh but now I wanna know why there's black sand, and red sand, and sand far from beaches....?

[@pCadavez]

different colours from different materials: quartz sand is the most common and white or yellowish (quartz sand turns yellow when the quartz in it starts rusting); but just like there is quartz sand from granitic rocks, there is black sand from basaltic rocks. Red sand is very unusual but I've read that is "organic" sand because it is made out of small red leftovers of plankton and other life forms wich happen to be red, and there is white versions of this "oganical" sand too. The sand far from the beaches is easily explainable because of the wind.

[@pCadavez]

SciGuy not in a human scale, but over thousands of years it does

[@EebstertheGreat]

Probably not on any time scale. The highest oxidation state of silicon ever observed is +4 in compounds like silicon dioxide, silicon tetrafluoride, and hexafluorosilicic acid. There is no reason to believe it is even possible to oxidize it any further, especially naturally on Earth.

[@lollYpoppY234]

That is false, +EebstertheGreat is right

[@ericabarber7581]

Yeah

[@NickSirek]

In geology, "sand" is a grain size (0.0625 mm to 2 mm) NOT a composition.

[@internetsurfer777]

Are sand really the same? I've been to beaches with different types of sand.. some lighter and softer.. some darker and less soft.

[@123alphadelta]

***** This comment is an example of someone who clearly did not pay attention during this video. There are different sands because different beaches have different amounts of quartz.

[@sugarkats21]

123alphadelta IKR

[@groszak1]

Every time I see "been to" misspelling I vomit horribly.

[@internetsurfer777]

LOL

[@BlueBeefalo]

You also forgot about parrot fish who eject ground up rock after eating growths on coral which ends up on beaches. I believe I remember reading somewhere that they produce 1/3 of the world's sand.

[@KANDAM808]

Wait, so when I go to the beach the sand in between my toes are actually like thousands of years old?

[@NoActuallyGo-KCUF-Yourself]

More likely millions of years.

[@ReliableStupidity]

Well, what did you think? That beaches are manufactured new every other decade? Even if they were, that doesn't change the fact that the materials used to produce said "beaches" has to come from our current universe, which is inherently 13.8 billion years old. Yeah. Your beach is old.

[@MarcDoesNotKnow]

Yes, and so is water, which will gross you out once you think about it. Water most probably passed through hundred of animals before we drink them, and the thought of that makes me uncomfortable.

[@amogus6770]

And it’s fish shit

[@SmileyFacesUnite]

That was really good. You can tell that a lot of effort and time went into it.

[@TheTigero]

Ah yes, minute physics! No ten seconds physics lol

[@Gabrielabc42]

This is Minute Earth. Also, the ten second videos do not interfere with the ~2 minute ones.

[@TheDarkBrethren]

Another brilliant video, thanks for all the help you and others give with your informational videos :)

[@r3926]

I love this

[@benjaminpoole9383]

I've seen quite a bit of sand that looks very different. The west coast of the North Island of New Zealand had very dark, fine sand. The east coast had very light coloured sand. I remember El Salvador had very dark sand. Where I'm staying in Bali, Canggu, there is very fine light coloured sand. If you go just a few km's south to the Bukit, the sand is quite large grained. It looks like a bunch of little balls. From my experience, sand is very different from place to place.

[@CariagaXIII]

Epic!

[@fastacker2]

Cool video. Really gets into the nitty gritty details. Very granular.

[@Christopher_Gibbons]

Huh? Sand isn't remotely close to being all the same. You get different colors, textures, compositions, and grain sizes in different parts of the world.

[@danielleida8202]

Why is this so interesting? I literally watched this like five times.

[@BaggyMcPiper]

How Can Mirrors be Real If Our Eyes Don't Real

[@mnkyman66332]

How can your eyes not real if real isn't a verb?

[@hakoeski]

Not sure when the new format came, but I like it!

[@ApexPredatorWithSungGlasses]

Okay now is sand... how about Snowflakes on another vid? :D

[@dr.sbrule5817]

Well... Snow flakes are just frozen water... And well water's water.

[@ackbarfan13]

Eddy Murphy Well, I sure thought sand was made of sand. And sand's sand. I learned a pretty good amount of knowledge from this video. Snow flakes would be a nice sequel.

[@Lapskaus.]

Eddy Murphy And sand is sand, right?

[@GrantB1390]

The clouds that form rain/snow are spread or form all across the world. Snow isn't really different because it's all water and H2O is the same everywhere so when it freezes it makes ice and snow. Earth shares the same ingredients for clouds so it's basically all the same stuff just in different locations. Like the quartz from the inside of the Earth.

[@SrmthfgRockLee]

Damn I like this channel! Often find unknown words even though my english is good. Theres always something to look forward to in these videos!

[@danking9936]

At 1:06, you spelled orthoclase wrong.

[@JoSchaper]

These people are a danger to actual geology. I understand that one minute makes for oversimplification, but that's because they pick topics too large for one minute. I saw one last week on meandering rivers, and cringed at the misinformation but they don't give contact info....

[@danking9936]

As an actual geologist, I do not approve of this video. I'll have to look at that video, and then if it is so wrong, maybe I'll make my own video talking about them

[@zizimugen4470]

Dan King I'm a recent geology major convert. This really is an abomination to geology. :/ Quartz sand is not the came as calcite sand. Florida's sand isn't the same at all compared to nearby neighbor Bahamas' sand. What's worse is that people will believe these videos more than they'll believe people who are actually specializing in that field of study. >

[@danking9936]

It truly is shameful

[@General12th]

Dan King I can't make heads or tails about whether you guys are genuinely and *seriously* bothered that MinuteEarth isn't perfectly accurate about the nature of sand, or if you guys are just having a bit of fun. I certainly hope it's the latter...

[@ALQAMARQURAN]

Good narration, good wording, i like it....

[@TwilightPrincess0930]

Ahhhhh the ad is buffering

[@TwilightPrincess0930]

+cagrie1234 ahhhh you can't use adblock on the mobile app

[@TwilightPrincess0930]

***** ahhh I just said it's not possible to use adblock on the mobile app dumbass

[@TwilightPrincess0930]

***** ahhhhh now i got rekt

[@cococattacococ396]

+Abhimanyu Sinha I know this might be too much effort just for an ad blocker, but depending on what phone you have you should be able to unlock the bootloader and root it, which would let you use an ad blocker (on Android anyways), and iOS 9 already includes support for ad blockers, but I don't know how well they work or if the ad blockers are system wide. Just be careful and make backups first because unlocking the bootloader will wipe the contents of your phone; I recommend using an app called Helium Backup because it lets you create app backups without having root access first, and I'm assuming your contacts, photos, music, etc. are already backed up. For the specific instructions for your phone, I recommend going to the XDA Developers website where you can learn more about all of this.

[@TwilightPrincess0930]

COOCOOCAT TACOOCOOC thx, I'll try to find those supported ad blockers tomorrow :)

[@em1osmurf]

white sands national test grounds are most likely the closest to your oldest purest quartz sands (from an inland ocean shore), but your calcium based sands are from shells and coral on island beaches (which can slaughter your feet), as well as a combination of all 3 on volcanic islands depending on the island's age.

[@DarkTiger2017]

I feel like going to a sandy beach now. Damn the fact that I live about 1500 miles from the coast! -_-

[@SaunaFinland]

I live only two kilometres away from a beach, but the sea is currently frozen over and the beach covered with snow, so it might no be a very nice experience.

[@MarcDoesNotKnow]

@@SaunaFinland ew i can't imagine the mixture of sand and snow, is it like cold mushy mashed potato?

[@SaunaFinland]

@@MarcDoesNotKnow Nah, it's frozen and pretty hard actually.

[@jackkeller2623]

Came for the science, stayed for the soothing jazz background.

[@JamesBond-uz2dm]

I have been to many beaches in many places. Sand is not all the same.

[@amacuro]

I think he has a different definition of sand for the purpose of this video. Not all beaches have quartzitic sand, but those that do have pretty much identical sand. Meaning same mineral composition, same size, same shape, shame color...

[@liamcullen3035]

Daaaaymn, this episode was strangely elegant. And very interesting! Thanks very much to Minute Physics!

[@rayquigley1327]

Actually there is the story of how Minnesota sold Saudi Arabia sand. Giant oil tanks needed to sand blasted before painting and the Saudis used their native sand. Their sand is loaded with salt which then corroded the tanks. An engineer from Minnesota was brought in and when asked if he knew where to get salt-free sand he said; "Well, Minnesota does." The Saudis then bought vast quantities of sand which was shipped from Minnesota through the great lakes half way around the world to the deserts of S.A. HAHAHA!!

[@79ninzombie]

The Irony

[@Sabagegah]

The sand on Prince Edward Island (Canada) is the colour of rust because of the iron content of the soil.

[@socks880]

I fucking love this channel

[@yellowcrash10]

I fucking love science! And the facebook page of the same name! (which is the only reason I still have an account on that thing)

[@local_catgirl3344]

I learn more from these 3 minute videos than 6 years of school. I'm gonna tell my teacher this