This set of webpages presents images of beach sands and shallow marine sands from around the world. These images are organized by composition, by plate-tectonic setting, and by geographic setting.

Each of the "Images" pages below presents multiple thumbnail images that are links to detailed images and to microscopic views. Be sure to look at the images from the microscope - they're the highlight of this website. To see the microscope views, just click on icons like the one at the right.

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