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1267:"The world's most beautiful colorful-sand beaches"
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1338:"The Best Beaches in Panama | Frommer's"
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1253:"Top 10 Black Sand Beaches"
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1033:Indian Ocean
890:Kehena Beach
874:"Big Island"
870:Hawaiʻi nei
792:Lung Kwu Tan
756:Hac Sa Beach
610:El Salvador
584:Puerto Viejo
558:, California
367:Vík í Mýrdal
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36:Maui, Hawaii
1017:Point Venus
838:Philippines
765:Hunza River
574:Playa Negra
570:Costa Rica
391:São Roque,
97:escarpments
1497:Categories
1482:2016-02-24
1457:2016-02-24
1432:2016-12-13
1407:2019-04-18
1372:2023-08-11
1348:2016-02-24
1302:2016-02-24
1277:2016-02-24
1238:2016-04-06
1209:2016-11-07
1179:2016-11-07
1113:2018-06-20
1083:References
1001:Wellington
661:Guadeloupe
651:St. Lucia
594:Guatemala
578:Guanacaste
556:Lost Coast
503:Debundscha
441:Breña Baja
428:Santa Cruz
393:São Miguel
255:incomplete
228:green sand
158:, such as
62:Black sand
1513:Sediments
1169:Hawaiicon
801:Kaohsiung
796:Hong Kong
778:Indonesia
678:Venezuela
636:St. Kitts
620:Caribbean
548:, Alaska,
489:Cameroon
383:Portugal
377:Stokksnes
372:Reykjanes
346:Santorini
320:Stromboli
310:Ladispoli
300:Tjørnuvík
286:Bulgaria
156:gemstones
145:zirconium
74:magnetite
1476:Archived
1451:Archived
1426:Archived
1342:Archived
1322:22 April
1296:Archived
1271:Archived
1203:Archived
1122:cite web
1067:Ironsand
1051:See also
1044:ironsand
995:Taranaki
975:Karekare
965:Anawhata
946:Talafofo
860:Iwo Jima
812:, Taiwan
787:Malaysia
783:Langkawi
769:Pakistan
435:La Palma
413:Tenerife
363:Iceland
357:Limassol
331:Georgia
224:Kalapana
172:sapphire
154:Several
141:tungsten
137:titanium
70:magnetic
55:icebergs
1057:Diamond
1012:Tautira
1008:Tahiti
980:Whatipu
955:Muriwai
829:Myanmar
730:Alappad
675:Grenada
642:Jamaica
602:Panama
530:Mexico
516:Canada
486:Algeria
467:Cedeira
461:Galicia
403:Madeira
352:Cyprus
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