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Sand Collecting?

Dave Decker

Rank V
Launch Member

Advocate III

Similar to rockhounding, but smaller! I've been collecting sand from around the world, not just on overlanding trips, but also during my time in the Navy and on family vacations and work related travel as well. Let's see some of your favorite sand photos! Here are a few of mine:

Ash Meadow, CA, green zeolite.
493 Ash Meadows Zeolite Deposit, NV.jpg

Oak Springs, NV, quartz sand and trilobites!
512 Oak Springs Trilobite Site, US93, NV.jpg

Mills Orchard, NM, quartz sand with iron oxide coating.
549 Mills Orchard, Canadian River, Canon, NM.jpg

Kingman Wash, AZ, lithic sand.
593 Kingman Wash, Lake Meade, AZ.jpg
 

Steve

lost again...
Founder 500
Launch Member

Traveler III

Deb usually brings back some sand from trips we take. Black sand from Hawaii, Florida, Bermuda, and probably others.
 

Dave Decker

Rank V
Launch Member

Advocate III

Excellent, glad there's at least one other sand collector here! I've got a website for my sand collection: www.maryhemmerlyhecker.org and then there's also the International Sand Collector's Society: https://sandcollectors.org/

My favorite sands are the heavy mineral sands, garnet, olivine, magnetite, etc. I prefer the colors over just plain white quartz sand.
 

Boostpowered

Rank VI

Member III

In a sense yes. Our trucks rear bumper catches and collects just about everything we go through then it gets deposited into my driveway when i wash it all out. But no i havent collected sand in bottles since i was a little kid.
 

64Trvlr

Rank V
Launch Member

Member III

I have a small collection, some from Omaha Beach where my Uncle cleared obstacles, some from Iwo Jima same Uncle still clearing obstacles and mine, some from the Mekong Delta and some much further upstream just south of Mengsong.
 
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