Follow the Yellow Brick Road

Sunday, April 3, 2016

Purple Sand

Big Sur's magic continues at Pfeiffer Beach, where sand is purple.
Most of the sand there is composed of quartz, but garnet, which is mostly responsible for the purple color, forms a significant part of it.








Posted by Mireille at 6:37 PM
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