world sand

News

  • [2005-02-21] 32 new samples from New Zeland: gift from Patrick Le Bordais. Thanks !
  • [2005-02-05] Sand from France: Lyon's subsoil.
  • [2005-04-12] Sand from Malta and India gift from Eric CACKEL. Thanks !
  • [2005-07-06] Sand from Cape Verde gift from Eric CACKEL. Thanks !
  • My collection

    You can find here all my sands on this site.

    Origin of my samples

    Today, my collection contains more than 700 samples of sand, from all the continents. If you have samples of countries absent of my collection or for which I have few sand, do not hesitate to contact me!

    Attention, the used codification does not respect exactly the international codification of the ISO.

    Roll over the map to show the origine of the sand in my collection (country, identification code of the country used in my collection and number of different sand samples). The name of the countries are in french, but you can find here an english translation).

    carte monde
    Roll over the map to show my collection.

    Hawaii Islands

    Some sand samples collected during vacation in hawaii islands in 1996; these sands have an volcanic origin for the majority and they have a great diversity of color. The majority of my samples are preserved in test-tubes of glass.

    Roll over the map to show the origine of sands ([*] indicate that this sand is available for exchange : see my sand trading list).

    Photo galery

    You can see examples of sands of my collection.

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    _Last update : 28.01.2010