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World Sands Collection
Hotel Bora Bora, Bora Bora Island, Polynésie française
This white sand was picked up at the hotel which is famous for its overwater bungalows.  It is poorly sorted coarse sand/gravel (0.2-3.5mm in diameter) and consists of corals mainly.  There is very small amount of seashells, sea urchin spines and fragments of volcanic rocks.
one scale for 1mm
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