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Colorful Hawaiian Beaches
- "Hawaiian beaches come in a variety of colors. Pink sand beaches are derived from the breakdown of iron-rich coastal cinder cones; green sand beaches from olivine crystals eroded from lava; black sand beaches from tiny tephra particles formed when molten lava flows into the sea; and white sand primarily from the breakdown of coralline algae and corals." - excerpt from the book, Atlas of Hawaii, Third Edition, edited by Sonia P. Juvik and James Juvik, University of Hawaii Press, 1998.
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