Hawaiian Sand Components

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As I read about Hawaiian sand and learned that there are seven different sand components. The first one is Biogenic Sand, which are coral reefs. The one of the riches sources of sand in a tropical inland also could be in a tropical setting. This usually causes a lot of particles of broken shells, which in turns causes, proses which is called foraminifera. With these different colored particles being mixed it causes the sand to form the colors from white, beige and/or pink. Second it is the Magnetite, which is the black-sanded color beach. This source of sand is slightly unique. It is an iron that has bearing mineral that’s are from of iron oxide that is magnetic. The particles are solid, extremely small and very black and are attracted by a

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