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Welcome to My Sand Collection

I Love Sand

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Sitting on a sand motu in Tikehau, Tahiti.
Welcome to my sand collection.  I've been traveling and collecting sand for many years now, but this website is new and under construction.  It will take awhile to photograph all of my samples, but I'm going to catalog them all here - eventually.  My plan is to post for each sample a photo of the sand itself as well as photos from the site it was collected from and a map.  I'd also like to include interesting information about each site. 

By the way, my passion for sand goes with my profession - I am a marine biologist.  I am also a member of the International Sand Collector's Society.  So yes, there are others. 




The Collection

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Sand collection display

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A good trip!

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I keep my sand in spice jars (Rajtan) from Ikea.

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I have to display them even while traveling!

Some of My Favorite (Sandy) Places

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Tikehau, Tahiti

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Brandon's Beach (Baptism Beach), Barbados

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7-mile Beach, Grand Cayman
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Grace Bay, Providenciales (Turks & Caicos Islands)
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Moorea, Tahiti

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Tulum, Mexico

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La Maddalena Islands, Sardegna, Italy
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Half Moon Bay, Pine Cay, Turks and Caicos Islands

To see the world in a grain of sand,
and to see heaven in a wild flower,
hold infinity in the palm of your hands,
and eternity in an hour.
-William Blake
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