Sahara grains (4)

I believe the answer is:

sand

(Other definitions for sand that I've seen before include "Very fine grains of rock, as on beach" , "Beach constituent" , "Grains of quartz" , "Hourglass particles" , "Dune constituent" .)

I've seen this clue in The Star Tribune.

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