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Leviafan [203]
3 years ago
6

Why does one beach have purple sand and another beach have pink sand?

Chemistry
1 answer:
Gnesinka [82]3 years ago
5 0
Ok so I’m going to break it up so it’s a bit easier to read through:

The colours are from the different rocks and minerals that make up the sand.

The little fragments of rock come from for example surrounding mountains.

It could also because sand is simply the product from erosion of the rocks rubbing each other under the action of the waves.

So if the bottom of the ocean is made of black lava for example in Hawaii, there’s a good chance of the sand being black.

In California, the sand usually looks white because it has minerals like quartz and pieces of shell that are made of calcium carbonate.

Hope this helps :)
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