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      The Best Relaxing Beaches you must add in your travelling list
      Discussions • triparoundtheworld discussplaces discussfavoriteplaces bestbeaches lovetravel travelwithfriends traveltheworld travelholic traveladdict visit beaches beautiful beaches plan holiday beach relaxing beach • • faizanaseem18

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      Would love to visit Bali Beaches and Miami Florida Beaches!! 😍

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      Why is beach sand white?
      United States • sand beaches white sand beach sand sand beaches • • greenwolf709

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      The famous white-sand beaches of Hawaii, for example, actually come from the poop of parrotfish. The fish bite and scrape algae off of rocks and dead corals with their parrot-like beaks, grind up the inedible calcium-carbonate reef material (made mostly of coral skeletons) in their guts, and then excrete it as sand.

      Secondly, why is beach sand yellow? Iron is a very common mineral on, and in, the Earth. When the iron minerals are exposed to the air they start to oxidise, and this oxidisation of the iron is mainly what is giving the sand a yellow-like colour, says Daniel.

      Accordingly, why is there sand at the beach?

      The sand on most beaches around the world is formed from the minerals quartz and feldspar. In addition to that, flowing rivers also continuously erode the land (rocks and other materials), which breaks down rocks into tiny, sand-sized particles.

      What causes white sand beaches in Florida?

      Much of the sand on Florida beaches is made up of quartz crystals, produced by the weathering of continental land masses like the Appalachian mountains. The quartz is washed down Americas great rivers into the Atlantic and the Gulf of Mexico where it is carried onto the beaches by water currents and waves.

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