Ocean Beach Sand, Strandline, Kaanapali Beach, Maui, Hawaii,
USA
The strandline is a area of concentrated olivine and other
heavy particles. The yellow-green particles are olivine,
many of the light colored translucent particles are shell fragments, and black
particles are basalt.
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Definition/Function:
A beach strandline is a region of dense material that is concentrated in a narrow band
on the beach. This band is often
darker in color than the rest of the beach because the minerals that have a higher
density tend to be more highly colored.
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