I’m very tired. Please help me understand this.
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Big rocks can in indeed be turned into glass with a generous application of the appropriate amount of mega-tonnage.
The simple answer is that it can, except it has to be silica which most rocks arent fully composed of, and you need a lot more heat to do it.
I kept reading Sandwich and was very confused about why the rest was talking about rocks and glass…..
Sand is made of quartz (silica), a mineral. Not rocks.
Back to middle school science class my friend.
It’s specifically the silica in the sand that turns to glass. It’s not molten stone, it’s molten silica.
You can, it would just become a different type of glass. obsidian is considered to be a type of glass and slag from metal refining is also glass like or glass itself. It’s just to get specific properties it requires much more pure ingredients in specific proportions to ensure it has properties such as clarity, strength, colour, etc.
It’s because of the type of rocks sand is made of
Most Big rocks = a lot of different stuff
Sand = a lot of tiny silicate or quartz rocks
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