(April 2015) Corruption in Brazil exists on all levels of society from the top echelons of political power (as seen in the MensalÃ£o Scandal and the Operation Car Wash and the Petrobras scandals) to the smallest municipalities.
Quartz sands, which are high in silica content, are used to make glass. When quartz sands are crushed they produce particles with sharp, angular edges that are sometimes used to make sandpaper for smoothing wood. Some quartz sand is found in the form of sandstone.
The raw materials for glass making are a chemical cocktail of silica-sand (also called silver sand), potash, and red-lead. A yellow oxide of lead called lethargy was used when lead crystal was first developed, and it is produced from red-lead oxide when some of the oxygen is driven off.