I agree on that. Simply destroying it is a waste of time in both directions.
I hate smelting Sand. A tool to mine it more efficiency with silktouch would be awesome.
Bye the way a special furnace to smelt sand faster would also be a nice to have.
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The special Sand furnice could also have a slot for dye.
That would not only make the coloring process faster, it would be a bit more realistic.
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This is more of a fun idea but yet useful. I feel that it would be cool to have rocks ( stone, cobble, andesite, diorite, granite, etc.) to be able to break glass quicker. Though it does not serve much use except efficiency I think it would be epic. I often find myself breaking loads of glass in survival when I build bigger houses than usually, and to say, it isn't very fun. If the rocks (as mentioned) could break glass way faster I feel building would be more fun and would be easier to stand. This was just an idea I had a few moments ago and thought this would be the place to put it. Anyway this is about it bye