sand - angular quartz sand from Zuma Beach, Malibu, CA - set 5 tubes

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Angular-grained quartz sand from Zuma Beach, Malibu, California - set of five optically clear polystyrene tubes
This sand is particularly interesting because of the angular nature of the quartz grains. As sand is transported down streams, feldspar disintegrates and weathers to clay. Quartz is resistant, so the sand delivered to the mouths of streams is frequently quartz rich, as is this sand. The grains become rounded as they are transported along the stream channel. The angular nature of these grains shows that transport was short.
This sand provides an excellent contrast with sands where the grains are rounded, such as the orange red sand derived from the Navajo Sandstone, originally transported across the continent from the Appalachians, concentrated into a huge dune field in present day southern Utah, lithified into sandstone, weathered again to sand and once again forming dunes. Those grains are smoothly rounded and coated with iron oxide.
Set of five tubes, 16 ml each, optically clear polystyrene with screw caps. The plastic tubes are practical in a classroom and are somewhat student resistant, though a cap can be unscrewed.
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