BEACHES & MINERALS

What is sand?
You would be surprised to know that the sand is basically a bunch of rocks/minerals all grinned up over thousands of years. Mostly all beaches have a little difference, like where they are, what mineral, or salt water or fresh water. They can also have a difference on the color of the mineral or sand. One beach can be orange or pink and the other is black or white.

CLEARWATER BEACH

• Clearwater beach is in Florida
• The beach is white
• The mineral in the beach is a quatz

GRAYTON BEACH

• Grayton beach is in northwest Florida
• The color of the sand is pure white
• Almost pure white quatz with large crystals

COCOA BEACH

• Cocoa Beach is in Florida
• The color of the sand is warm golden brown
• Coquinas and broken shells are what make the beach