brain sand n.
- A gritty substance present in central nervous tissue or in the pineal gland.acervulus psammoma body
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This pigment is apparently calcium phosphate, which still remains as the ‘brain-sand’ of the human pineal gland.
Walter Holbrook Gaskell
It contains a small quantity of peculiar particles of gritty, sand-like substance, which are sometimes called “brain-sand.”
Clairvoyance and Occult Powers
Swami Panchadasi