Matterhorn

This is a rock from The Matterhorn on the boarder of Italy and Switzerland. Its such an amazing rock! Its sea green and metallic! My Aunt recently spent a month in Germany and surrounding countries! Thank Aunty B! <3

Otama Beach, New Zealand.

Otama Beach is located on the North Eastern shore of the Coromandle Peninsula. This sand was picked up on my first vacation in New Zealand in 2009. It has got to be one of the most memorable places I visited during this trip. The sand was so ridiculously white, it barely registers in my photos.

Interesting thing about this sand is that not matter how much you shake it up… the dark and white sand dont mix. they may intermingle a bit, but generally they stay seperate! I brought back a huge bag of this.

**The link above is the exact spot this sand was taken from, but I do not own this photo.

Mero Beach, Dominica

Dominica is located in the Caribbean, north west of Barbados. I have 3 other bottles of black sand but this one if by far the heaviest I have. In the light it sparkles =] This was given to be by my boyfriends parents.

Sahara Desert.

This sand is from the famous Sahara desert, I must confess it is a lot more colourful in person. It looks rusty, almost burnt orange. Its quite beautiful.. and extremely coarse. This was also brought back by Morgans parents

Papakōlea Beach [green sand beach], Big Island, Hawaii

This sand was brought back home from our trip to Hawaii in 2009. The green colouring is due to the presence of Olivine Crystals in the sand.

Pink Beach, Bermuda

This sand was given to me by a family friend who spent some time in Bermuda =] Lovely crushed pink and white shells.

Ramla Beach, Gozo, Malta

This beautiful rusty sand is from the Island of Gozo, one of the Maltese Islands in the Mediterranean. I&J brought this home

Coopers Beach, New Zealand

This wonderful assortment of crushed shells is from Coopers Beach in NZ. located near Doubtless Bay on the North Island. I&J also brought this home =]

Honduras

This sand was brought home by a family friend from Honduras. I am not exactly sure where it came from but its quite coarse with bigger pieces of coral through it

Whakaari [White Island], New Zealand

White Island is an active volcano about 50km from the east coast of the North Island.

This is NZs only active marine volcano and the world most accessible. This sand was taken during a tour of the island by I&J

Cuba

This sand was snuck back in Morgans sister, Saras, pocket.

A bit more was added by a family friend who also visited cuba, and the sand looked almost identical, so I figured I would just put them in the same jar… I was running low on jars at the time.

The sand is slightly coarse but very small.The shells are fully intact which is quite impressive.  

Karikari Peninsula , New Zealand.

This is from somewhere on the Karikari Peninsula, on the North Island… I should check to see exactly where it came from, but its beautiful non the less!! This very fine, light grey sand sparkles in the sun.

Kangaroo Island, Australia

Kangaroo Island is just south of Australia, it is famous for its honey and being the largest bee sanctuary in the world.

It has many wildlife protected areas and lots of bird species that are endangered.

I&J gave me this sand.

Basque, Spain, San Sebastian

Ill fill this in later… I dont really know much about this place lol… but I love the sand!