sand - large-grained quartz dune sand from Monastery Beach, Carmel Bay, California - set of two 2-ounce jars This sand is interesting because

This sand is interesting because of the large size of its quartz grains for a dune sand

The peat and sediment layers are exposed in a low bluff above the creek

Pyrite is used as an iron ore where iron oxide ores are not available

Set of five tubes

sometimes called pinolite

sand - large-grained quartz dune sand from Monastery Beach, Carmel Bay, California - set of two 2-ounce jars This sand is interesting becauseThis sand is interesting because of the large size of its quartz grains for a dune sand. Monastery Beach is fed sand immediately by San Jose Creek and by the Carmel River farther north. The longshore current that moves sand from north to south along Californias coast contributes to this beach, but the size and irregular shapes of these grains tells us that the primary source must be a local and not particularly long drainage, most likely San Jose