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World Sands Collection
Nuevo Vallarta, Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco, Mexico
Puerto means "Port", and it has a very large resorts area now.  This grayish white sand is moderately sorted coarse sand (0.1-1.2mm in diameter).  It consists of quartz, feldspar, fragments of granite and so on.  Generally the grains are sub-angular while the large ones are rounded.
one scale for 1mm
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