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Pohoiki black sand, Isaac Hale Park
Mineral locality Documented siteGray area
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Crystals and mineralsAlso reported: olivine grains, basalt, volcanic glass.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Stephanie Clifford from Arlington, VA, USA (CC BY 2.0).
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Why this spot
Black sand beach created by the 2018 Kilauea flows, rich in fresh olivine grains
Widely documented post-2018 site; olivine in the new sand is described by park and geological sources.
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
surf, unstable new coastline, heat
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