un monde de sable

New email adress

[2006-08] My old email adress is no more valid : use the new link to contact me.

New trading samples

  • [2005-12] Sand from France - Villeurbanne near Lyon (69-Rhône) - subsoil -21 meters [FRA089]
    Molassic sand from Miocène (-13 million years)
  • [2005-07] Sand from France - Corsica island (20) - Aléria [FRA087] and Ile-Rousse [FRA088]
  • [2005-04] Sand from Cat's island - Bahamas [BAH002]
  • Available samples

  • 134 different samples
  • total of 504 doubles
  • of 26 different countries
  • Trading list

  • Complete list (TXT format)
  • France List (TXT format)
  • What I am waiting for

    I'm looking for :

  • first and foremost, new contacts out of France to exchange samples of their country for the same quantity of sand of France. My interest goes in priority for the countries for which I don't have - or little - of sand (see my collection). I suggest you 10, 15 or 20 sands (or more) of various areas of France or to choosing directly the samples which interest you in my list of France.
  • other collectors (of France or other countries) to exchange according to the their sand trading list.
  • You can contact me and send me your trading list. Rather than the quantity, I privilege the diversity of the origins, the types and the colors. The origins of sands must be perfectly localized.

    Some recommendations to facilitate trading…

  • The volume of exchange is 30ml, i.e. the equivalent of the volume of a box of a standard photo film (type 35mm but not new format APS)
  • Compress sand well to respect the volume of exchange
  • Sand must dry, and without garbage (pieces of wood, stones, shells… but the sand must not be nevertheless sieved !)
  • Label precisely each sample with Country, Area, Localization, close City, Origin (beach, desert, river…)…
  • If you use containers of photo film for the sendings, take care to close them with adhesive tape.
  • Localization of trading sands from France

    The shown samples are only those of which the quantity for exchange is higher than 2; see my trading list for complete list, where many more samples is available.

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    Last update : 28.01.2010