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Sand, Puako Beach, Hawaii, Hawaii

Sand, Puako Beach, Hawaii, Hawaii

This grain of olivine is from a sand sample collected on Puako Beach on the Big Island of Hawaii. It is mounted in Cargille Melt Mount 1.68 refractive index medium. An included magnetite crystal is bracketed by the scale markings.

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