wine Posted January 26, 2007 Report Share Posted January 26, 2007 No joke. Has anyone else seen it?Throughout my journies I have stumbled upon beaches that have a thin layer of purple sand, shaped like the wind. What is the cause of this? I've only seen it in California, does it occur elsewhere? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buffy Posted January 26, 2007 Report Share Posted January 26, 2007 How much? How purple? Ever looked at the inside of an abalone shell? Purple! I can guess... Black sand in spades though...Mmmmm, Hawaii.... Off to the luau,Buffy wine 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turtle Posted January 26, 2007 Report Share Posted January 26, 2007 No joke. Has anyone else seen it?Throughout my journies I have stumbled upon beaches that have a thin layer of purple sand, shaped like the wind. What is the cause of this? I've only seen it in California, does it occur elsewhere? On our Washington beaches we sometimes get masses of little sea creatures I think they call "sails" They are a translucent purple creature with a body like insect wings and 3-fold. When they wash up they are rather shining, but when the tide recedes they dry out and break into bits which sometimes stay stuck in the lap lines where the tide dropped them and other times blow in the wind. I speculate this is the cause of your purple sand. :hihi: :phones: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PedroH Posted January 26, 2007 Report Share Posted January 26, 2007 I found these pictures of beaches with purple sand,like it's saying in the first link,it's probably resulted from manganese garnet, washed down from the hillside.Purple Sand - Pfeiffer Beach Pictures In this one it's almost red:Nikhil Kothari's Photos : California Coast - Purple sand It's pretty,but i don't think I could stay much time looking at this beach(looks dirty ). Thank you for your time and goodbye ^^ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wine Posted January 29, 2007 Author Report Share Posted January 29, 2007 On our Washington beaches we sometimes get masses of little sea creatures I think they call "sails" They are a translucent purple creature with a body like insect wings and 3-fold. When they wash up they are rather shining, but when the tide recedes they dry out and break into bits which sometimes stay stuck in the lap lines where the tide dropped them and other times blow in the wind. I speculate this is the cause of your purple sand. :) ;) (This is a standing ovation.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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