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World Sands Collection
Niibara Beach, Tamagusukuson, Shimajiri, Okinawa, Japan
This light-brown sand is 5.0mm or less in diameter coral sand.  It consists of coral, seashells, the remains of foraminifera and so on.  There are a few fragments of sandstone.  The long grains on the left side are spines of slate pencil sea urchin.
one scale for 1mm
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