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Puerto Rico Size of Grains: 5 mm Sorting: small and medium Angularity: Very Angular The sand is a yellowish color and has some big and small rocks. |
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Red Rock Sedona, AZ Size of Grains: 25 mm Sorting: Mostly Small Angularity: Sub angular It's red and has some shells and its small and soft. |
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Santa Monica, CA Size of Grains: .5 mm Sorting: Moderately Sorted Angularity: Sub Angular The Santa Monica California sand had different colors. Also there are multiple sizes of sand. |
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James River Size of Grains: 1 mm Sorting: Well sorted Angularity:Sub-Angular All the sand particles were mostly the same color. |
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Hilton Head, SC Size of Grains: 25 mm Sorting: Mostly small Angularity: Very angular It was grainy, small and it looked like foggy diamonds. |
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Chesapeake Bay Size of Grains: 2 mm Sorting: Large and Medium Angularity: Very Angular It was grainy and it had large rocks with dirt in it |
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Great Britain Size of Grains: .25 mm Sorting: Small and medium Angularity: Sub-Rounded It has brown and some black sand and has small chunks of rocks. |
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New Zealand Size of Grains: .25 mm Sorting: mostly small Angularity: well rounded Mostly black sand with some diamond like grains and some shells also it is sticky. |
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Cancun, Bayside Size of Grains: .25 mm Sorting: Moderately, small and medium Angularity: very-angular The sand grains were light, dense, hard, and contained feldspar. |
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Oahu, Hawaii Size of Grains: .25 – 6 mm Sorting: POOR Angularity: Sub-angular The sand grains were dense, hard, rough, and contained shells, granite, basalt, quartz, coral, and rocks. |
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San Juan, Puerto Rico Size of Grains: .25 mm Sorting: Moderately Angularity: Sub angular The grains of sands are light brown and yellow. It looks like feldspar. |
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Aguadilla, Puerto Rico Size of Grains: 1 mm Sorting: poorly sorted Angularity: sub rounded It is sticky. The red rocks are feldspar. |
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Canary Islands Size of Grains: 2 to 3 mm Sorting: large and medium Angularity: Sub-rounded It is soft and there are many colors such as black, orange, yellow, and white. |
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Nassau, Bahamas Size of Grains: 2 mm Sorting: well sorted Angularity: Sub-Angular Grains are white and have a hard outer layer. They are mostly the same color. |
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Bermuda Size of Grains: 1 mm Sorting: Well sorted/mostly small Angularity: Sub angular Made of shells and coral |
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Costa Rica Size of Grains: .25 mm Sorting: Well Sorted/mostly small Angularity: Well rounded Looks like dirt. Feels soft and mushy |
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Rogland, New Zealand Size of Grains: .25 mm Sorting: small and medium Angularity: very angular Grains are soft and brown/ black |
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Jamaica Size of Grains: .5mm Sorting: large and medium Angularity: sub angular Sand is dense and composed of light brown grains. |
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Hawaii Size of Grains: 1 mm Sorting: Mostly Large Angularity: Sub angular |
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Santa Clara, Caribbean Size of Grains: .5 mm Sorting: Mostly Small Angularity: Sub angular |
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Bermuda Size of Grains: 1 to 3 mm Sorting: Small, medium Angularity: Sub-angular Looks like crushed shells. Pink and had some sharper looking edges. |
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Arizona Size of Grains: .25 to .5 mm Sorting: Poorly Sorted Angularity: Sub-angular All different sizes. Mostly small pebbles. The sand was also tan looking. |
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Maui, Hawaii Size of Grains: 2 mm Sorting: Well Sorted Angularity: Well Rounded Large, black, dusty, may contain basalt |
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Englishman Bay, Tobago Size of Grains: 5 mm Sorting: mostly large Angularity: very angular Rock shaped, multi light colored, and clear |
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Malaysia Size of Grains: 3 mm Sorting: mixture of large and small Angularity: sub-angular Small grains of sand with some pieces of shells in it and it is a tan color |
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Great Britain Size of Grains: 2 mm Sorting: Well Sorted Angularity: Very Angular |
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Nova Scotia Size of Grains: 6 mm Sorting: Well Sorted Angularity: Sub-Angular |
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Ormond Beach, Florida Size of Grains: .5 mm Sorting: small and medium Angularity: very angular and some well rounded They were some very small orange shells in it, and the grains were see through. |
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Hawaii Size of Grains: 1 mm Sorting: mostly large Angularity: sub angular The sand looked like green crystals. They were see-through when the light shined on them. |
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Miami, Florida Size of Grains: 5 mm Sorting: Large Medium Angularity: Very angular Different colors and sizes mostly brownish yellowish colored and most rocks are shiny |
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Massachusetts Size of Grains: 5 mm Sorting: Mostly large Angularity: Very Angular Medium and large sizes of rocks all kinds of colors |
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Couzumel, Mexico Size of Grains: .5 -1 mm Sorting: small medium Angularity: Sub-angular Includes feldspar and sea urchin spines. |
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San Juan, P.R. Size of Grains: .25 mm Sorting: mostly small Angularity: sub-angular |