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Sand Collection
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Sand from Papakōlea Beach
Near South Point, the big island, Hawai'i. The green grains are olivine, the black are basalt,...
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Uploaded on Oct 23, 2010
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3,347 views / 11 favorites / 10 comments
Sand from Punalu'u Black Sand Beach, Hawai'i
Very glossy black sand, possibly obsidian or polished basalt.
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Uploaded on Jan 2, 2011
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1,888 views / 2 favorites / 5 comments
Sand from Hapuna Beach, Hawai'i
Sand from a nice public beach north of Kona. From a distance, the beach looks very uniform in...
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Uploaded on Jan 2, 2011
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2,406 views / 5 favorites
White Rock Ant Sand
This is ant sand collected from a city park near my house. It has a high concentration of what is either quartz or polished glass.
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Uploaded on Jan 2, 2011
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1,716 views / 1 favorite
Garnet Ant Sand
This is ant sand from a site near Taos, New Mexico. It has a remarkably high concentration of...
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Uploaded on Jan 2, 2011
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1,957 views / 6 favorites / 4 comments
Garnets
These garnets were extracted from ant sand. Garnet is paramagnetic and can be separated from its...
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Uploaded on Jan 2, 2011
2,922 views / 16 favorites
Stream Sand From the Shira Plateau, Kilimanjaro
This sand came from a dry stream bed on the Shira Plateau, west of the summit of Mt. Kilimanjaro.
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Uploaded on Jan 2, 2011
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1,807 views
Ant Sand from Shark Tooth Ridge
Shark Tooth Ridge in central New Mexico is an outcrop of the Morrison Formation, which holds a...
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Uploaded on Jan 2, 2011
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7,725 views / 11 favorites / 2 comments
Sand From a Glacial Runoff on Kilimanjaro
There is a large runoff from the northern icefield on Kilimanjaro that runs down the valley...
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Uploaded on Jan 3, 2011
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1,622 views / 3 favorites
Sand From Reusch Crater, Kilimanjaro
I picked this sand up next to an active sulphur vent on the inner slope of the central crater...
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Uploaded on Jan 3, 2011
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1,576 views / 1 comment
Sand From Kichanga Lodge Beach, Zanzibar
Whitest, softest sand I've ever had the pleasure of working my toes into. It's almost all bits...
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Uploaded on Jan 3, 2011
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2,113 views / 2 favorites
Coral Sand Dunes, Utah
Imagine dunes filled with this pure orange sand. That one dark grain makes me think of something...
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Uploaded on Jan 7, 2011
3,202 views / 8 favorites / 8 comments
Ant Sand from the Bisti Wilderness, New Mexico
The "grains" are oddly large and flat. The bright orange pieces are...
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Uploaded on Jan 7, 2011
1,982 views / 2 favorites
Shipwreck Beach, Lana'i, Hawai'i
A Random Beach Along Hwy 450 East on Molokai, Hawai'i
I love that purple grain in the lower-right.
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Uploaded on Jan 7, 2011
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2,062 views / 2 favorites / 1 comment
Cardiff By The Sea State Park, San Diego, California
Smith Point, Long Island, New York
Orient Point, Long Island, New York
Another good garnet sand. From a distance, these sands look pink or purple, which gets high marks in my book.
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Uploaded on Jan 7, 2011
2,497 views / 6 favorites