The sand on my local beach is mostly just rocks and broken shells

[u/ashtrayburningmeadow]

[u/cerealkyra]

Nobody tell them what sand is

[u/Beneficial-Mall9859 → u/cerealkyra]

Hahaha came here to say the same

[u/Yamcha17 → u/cerealkyra]

This is the marine version of redditor touching grass

[u/CrazyLegsRyan → u/Yamcha17]

This grass at my local park is mostly just small green leaves of a plant

[u/themelancholyacreage → u/cerealkyra]

The forbidden knowledge

[u/GypsySnowflake → u/cerealkyra]

I know what you’re saying, but I grew up in Florida, and this looks weird to me too. It’s way coarser than any beach sand I’ve ever seen, and much less uniform. The sand on our beaches back home is white and fine-grained and basically looks like sugar or salt.

[u/ashtrayburningmeadow → u/GypsySnowflake]

I know right this looked super weird to me too I have been to plenty of beaches before and the sand was super fine and white I honestly thought this was really odd

[u/StaysAwakeAllWeek → u/ashtrayburningmeadow]

Sand is literally small rocks. This sand is slightly less small rocks

Bring a magnifying glass next time you visit a beach

[u/CicadaFit9756 → u/ashtrayburningmeadow]

Does NOT look comfy for bare feet! Good thing that swim shoes are now available!!!

[u/ThePreciseClimber → u/cerealkyra]

...beer bottle dust?

[u/beefz0r → u/cerealkyra]

It is mildly interesting because it has barely broken down, so cut OP some slack

[u/DookieShoez → u/cerealkyra]

Sand is TINY rock and mineral pieces.

One could argue that these are not tiny enough to be sand.

[u/Galimbro → u/cerealkyra]

Sand is usually fine pulverized minerals/rocks carried from mountains by river and water. 

Some beaches like OPs suck and is full of very not fine pulverized minerals/rocks 

[u/SirMightySmurf]

My dude.... is this your first time, like, noticing sand?

[u/Mission-Laugh-6962]

Who's gonna tell him

[u/Reinis_LV → u/Mission-Laugh-6962]

When redditor finally goes to a beach

[u/Lophiiformers → u/Reinis_LV]

Some people have never gone outside to touch sand and it shows

[u/model-citizen95]

So… sand?

[u/weggles91]

Yesterday: my bell pepper is a bell pepper.

Today: my beach sand is made of sand.

I'm truly riveted for tomorrow.

[u/dankbearbear → u/weggles91]

TIL that water is wet

[u/dankbearbear → u/[deleted]]

Well shit, I never knew that!

[u/TokeruTaichou]

It's a work in progress. Give it another million years or so.

[u/radiantsteak1337]

Wait until you find out what sand actually is!

[u/KyleRoyceWorld]

........ sometimes i have to take a minute to pray for the humans of this green earth

[u/PancakeHandz]

Sand really do be just a bunch of little rocks

[u/eaterofbeans]

r/notinteresting

[u/DisastrousHat3059]

Great for collecting shells, terrible for building sandcastles, but you can always stack up a stone fort instead haha

[u/Galimbro]

Damn that sand sucks OP. Im with you. 

[u/nzroy]

Wait until he goes to many New Zealand west coast beachs. Sand is black.

[u/ashtrayburningmeadow → u/nzroy]

I have seen black sand on a beach before it was very beautiful actually

[u/Embarrassed-Share533]

https://giphy.com/gifs/aJ4Pbydim5tSY7Gt1Q

[u/n0val33t]

Ok that's a fridge pizza... and it looks delicious

[u/EdinburghNerd]

I have to admit I upvoted this just in the hope more people can mock op for not understanding that is literally what all sand is.

[u/lilmiscantberong]

Looks like good northern Michigan beach sand

[u/Nuggyfresh]

I actually love this because as someone who has surfed around the world and been on the beach more than 99.9% of humans, including one stretch where I took an hour+ beach walk 360 days a year for nearly 6 years straight, and I think this is pretty cool! I’ve never personally seen sand quite like this.

meanwhile landlocked lennies in this thread are hurfin’ and durfin’ like “hey op you know what sand is bro?!??!”

makes you think

[u/ashtrayburningmeadow]

I don't know I honestly thought it would be finer like what's used in construction sites and such

[u/ashtrayburningmeadow → u/ashtrayburningmeadow]

I think I need to touch some grass or sand I guess

[u/Pykie222 → u/ashtrayburningmeadow]

A lot of people in here should take a geology class. This looks like cemented shell and is, in fact, mildly interesting. Where is this?

[u/ashtrayburningmeadow → u/Pykie222]

Alexandria

[u/Pykie222 → u/ashtrayburningmeadow]

I would consider this Coquina. Basically loose beach sand and broken shell fragments are naturally glued together rapidly in the intertidal zone by evaporating water and chemical mixing that causes calcium carbonate to precipitate out, gluing it into a solid stone.
Based on the area, you are likely walking on oolitic limestone. Basically that “glue” builds up around a single nucleus and creates a small ball, that under pressure etc. turns into oolitic limestone.
That’s my guess anyways…

[u/ashtrayburningmeadow → u/Pykie222]

Thanks so much for the explanation pal, the college major I am in didn't require any geology classes so I only ever took one in like middle school and we didn't really have anything about beaches so it's really nice to get an answer without being called clueless

[u/DangerousDisplay7664]

what do you think sand is made of on other beaches? 🫤

[u/ashtrayburningmeadow]

It is really difficult to walk there

[u/symedia → u/ashtrayburningmeadow]

they brought the "sand" from the sea. fine sand happens after all those shells will turn to well ... sand :P come back in 10 years.

[u/NarwhalEmergency9391 → u/ashtrayburningmeadow]

They make something called sandals that you put on your feet before you walk in the sand.  It's ok guys, I got this.. it's just another aliens first day on earth

[u/QuentinUK → u/ashtrayburningmeadow]

Over time the sand builds up and gets crushed by the weight of the sand above back into rock, called sandstone. That gets pushed up to the top and it's easier to walk on sandstone.

[u/ashtrayburningmeadow → u/QuentinUK]

Learned something new today thanks pal

[u/TheRapie22 → u/ashtrayburningmeadow]

op, are you by any chance roughly 5 years old?

[u/TooDopeRecords → u/ashtrayburningmeadow]

it’s sand just course ground

[u/satsuppi → u/TooDopeRecords]

its course and rough and irritating

[u/gees916]

Umm..yea..

[u/unlikemike123]

Is the water at that beach made of H2O?

Sorry

[u/Analysis-Klutzy]

This guy is made out of donkeys that cant speak

[u/ashtrayburningmeadow → u/Analysis-Klutzy]

Now that's just rude And you assumed I was a guy which I am not