Pfeiffer Beach in California is famous for its purple sand. I’ve seen it included in lists of colorful beaches of the world. I paid a visit to it to see it with my own eyes. It is purple indeed but not entirely. Most of the sand there is composed of quartz, but garnet, which is mostly responsible for the purple color, forms a significant part of it.
In some patches garnet and other heavy minerals are so abundant that the sand has a deep purple color.
Wow! Cool post. That sand is beautiful!
Wow! Colleague Ron Schott sent me a link to this; looks so much like the plastic media I spent five years developing. See http://www.emriver.com/?page_id=838 and check out the movies. Thanks for posting!
Thanks, Steve. Interesting videos.
really beautiful sand, I agree. I need to pay a visit!
Oh, drool. What I wouldn’t give to put that sand under a microscope…