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Sand gallery

Compositionally versatile sand samples from all over the world.

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Eolian sand, Gobi Desert, Mongolia

Glass Beach, Hanapepe Bay, Kauai, Hawaii

Biogenic sand, Horseshoe Bay, Bermuda

Coral sand, Kapukahehu Beach, Molokai, Hawaii

Ooid sand, Stansbury Island, The Great Salt Lake, Utah

Obsidian (volcanic glass), California

Biogenic sand, Capdepera, Majorca, Spain

Dubai Desert, The United Arab Emirates

Ooid sand, Cancún, Yucatán, Mexico

Garnet sand, Alma Gulch, Cape Nome, Alaska

Mixture of biogenic and volcanic grains, Jungmun Beach, Jeju-do island, South Korea

Volcanic sand, Luciole beach, Martinique

Desert sand, Erg Murzuk, Libya

Ooid sand, Antelope Island, The Great Salt lake, Utah

Forams (star sand), Okinawa, Japan

Biogenic-volcanic sand, Pico Island, Azores, Portugal

Ooid sand, International Beach, Abu Dhabi, The United Arab Emirates

Garnets, Emerald Creek, Idaho

Heavy mineral sand, Warnemünde, Germany

Ooid sand, Bahama

Heavy mineral sand, Bretignolles-sur-Mer, France

Pyrite, Paphos, Cyprus

Mica sand, Finistere, France

Magnesite, Lake Salda, Turkey

Serpentine, Corse, France

Glauconite sand, Wissant, France

Volcanic glass, Punalu'u Beach, Hawaii

Olivine sand, Papakolea Beach, Hawaii

Sodalite, Namibia

Markasite, Escalles, France

Epidote, Nevada

Volcanic rock fragments, Kamari, Santorini, Greece

Gypsum sand, White Sands National Monument, New Mexico, USA

Immature sand, Bridalveil Fall, Yosemite, California, USA

Immature beach sand, Nunavut, Canada

Ilmenite rich beach sand, Kerala, India

Magnetite, Perivolia, Cyprus

Titanomagnetite (ironsand), Waikato, New Zealand

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