May 25, 2009
By David McRee of BlogTheBeach.com
Have a good look at the sand crystals pictured above, then compare them to the sand pictured below. What differences do you see?
Both sand samples are just plain old beach sand that I scooped up from Florida public beaches.
Both samples contain clear quartz crystals.
The Grayton Beach sand in the top photo [...]
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August 25, 2008
One of the first things I noticed when I got serious about exploring Florida’s beaches is the tremendous variety of sand types that make up the beaches. There’s brown sand, gray sand, white sand, black sand, and combinations of all types.
I’ve put together a page of photographs that illustrate many of the varieties of sand [...]
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