Green Sand Beach (Papakolea Beach) sand is almost exclusively composed of olivine grains

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Green Sand Beach (Papakolea Beach, Hawaii) sand is almost exclusively composed of olivine grains which are very unusual in most beach sands. Sand comes from an eroded tuff cone that contains lots of olivine.

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Location: Big Island, Hawaii
Photo credit: © Siim Sepp / Alamy / Afripics
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