Mahana Beach
Dylan Shortt
Location
The beach is located Hawaii North America. Latitude 40.03 North Longitude 24.07 West
Sand type
Green sand.Originating rock type and rock name: Igneous.The beach is sometimes named after the cinder cone, and sometimes after the area of land called Papakōlea, which comes from papa kōlea, which means plover flats in the Hawaiian language.
Other Features
One of only two green sand beaches in the World. The green coloration of the beach sands is due to the olivine crystals which are winnowed from the eroding headland by the action of the sea.
This is a picture of the green sand on the beach
This is a picture of the olivine crystals that make the sand green
picture of the whole beach