Is sand at the ocean beach different than sand at a lake beach?
November 202009
Would they both be a good exfoliater? In brazil on the beaches woman rub sand on them to combat cellulite….Could it work with Lake sand too?
The sand at beach is mixed with salt cotents. It is not usefull for building costruction. The lake sand can be used for many purpose including filling for the basement. buildings.
November 20th, 2009 at 5:42 am
Well, I wouldn’t suspect so because beaches don’t have the same sand. If they are in the same area then they could . . . but I would guess that they don’t . . .
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November 20th, 2009 at 6:03 am
Some lake sand beaches are actually made of beach sand that has been brought in, but most of it is natural lake sand, which is more coarse than the sand at the beach. Any sand is a good exfoliator. Just be careful to not overdo it.
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I try to keep my skin care as natural as possible, and using clean, sterilized sand in my homemade soaps really makes a difference.
November 20th, 2009 at 6:39 am
The sand at beach is mixed with salt cotents. It is not usefull for building costruction. The lake sand can be used for many purpose including filling for the basement. buildings.
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My knowledge .
November 20th, 2009 at 6:56 am
Sand is a general term. It is usually fine grained particles of the parent rock it weathered out of. Typically quartz, rutile, zircon, limestone, etc… There may be shell fragments also. The closer you are to the source the more varied the grains will be. Lakes tend to be closer to mountains and such so their sands will be of greater variety. Beaches with the pure white sand tend to be almost all quartz grains.
As far as being an exfoliater, quartz in any form is very hard and makes a good abrasive. But as a cellulite reducer??? Maybe if you put it in a sand blaster and blasted the fat away.
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November 20th, 2009 at 7:19 am
The term "Sand" is generally used to describe sediment whose particles are between 0.074mm and 4.76mm in diameter. Therefore, any type of sediment that meets that size requirement would classify as sand, regardless of its mineral composition.
Regarding the difference between lake sand and ocean sand, they could be same or they could be different. It really depends if you’re interested in grain size, or in grain composition.
Since you’re seeking a good exfoliater, then I imagine grain size is the most important factor to you. Most lake sand that I’ve encountered tends to be pretty course (i.e., big enough that you can easily see each grain with your naked eye.) Call me crazy, but rubbing rocksalt-sized sand on my body would probably hurt more than do me any good. I’ve been to a couple beaches in Brazil, and the sand is very fine-grained and has a soft/gentle texture. I imagine that’s why the women down there could use it for an exfoliater. Other than grain-size, there is nothing special or unique about Brazil’s beach sand.
If the lake sand you’re interested in is fine-grained, then it should work in the same way. However, I suspect that it’s not, and I don’t think that you’d get the results your hoping for.
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November 20th, 2009 at 7:29 am
Beach sand is often a bit more abraded and smooth and has slightly larger grain size than lake sand because the smallest particles will accumalte in the lake
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