Sounds fine to me but I can see why it would be confusing. In proper prose it would be as you have it or maybe "which is of the consistency of sand". You'll al

Sounds fine to me but I can see why it would be confusing. In proper prose it would be as you have it or maybe "which is of the consistency of sand". You'll also hear people say things like "it's the same difficulty as ___" instead of "it has the same difficulty as ___".