Beach with strange green sand color in Hawaii.TranYen

Papakolea Beach, also known as Green Sand, is located in Mahaana Bay in Ka’u County on the beautiful island of Hawaii. The sand at Papakolea Beach has a very special green color. This is one of two rare green sand beaches in the world.

This beach is located about 3 miles south of the southern tip of Hawaii. The most distinctive feature of this beach is its green sand. The green sand is created by a mineral called Olivine. Olivine is a silicate mineral containing iron and magnesium found on the Pu’u Mahana Sand Beach. A famous sand beach formed more than 49,000 years ago, southwest of the Mauna Loa volcano. The sea has eroded the volcanic ash around Papakolea, affecting the Olivine rock and giving the sand its green color.

Beach with strange green sand color in Hawaii
Beach with strange green sand color in Hawaii

This beach is surrounded by vast grasslands and is only accessible on foot, or by sturdy four-wheel drive vehicles.

Beach with strange green sand color in Hawaii

Beach with strange green sand color in Hawaii
Standing on top of Pu’u Mahana sandbank, you will feel like you are looking at a natural painting, painted by the color of the ocean and green sand. This wonderful landscape is created by rocks containing the mineral Olivine, captivating any visitor who comes here. If you want to get close to the coast, tourists need to climb a steep mountain.

Beach with strange green sand color in Hawaii

Beach with strange green sand color in Hawaii
In the early days, Papakolea was heavily impacted by volcanic eruptions, so the locals called it a volcanic field. This volcanic field has a lot of Olivine crystals. This is a silicate mineral, containing iron and magnesium. Therefore, Olivine stones have a shimmering appearance like tiny transparent green crystals. Because of the volcanic properties here, Olivine is also called “Hawaiian Diamond”.

Beach with strange green sand color in Hawaii
Beach with strange green sand color in Hawaii

Close-up of the bluestone from Papakolea beach. We can easily see that the blue color of the white olivine stone comes from coral fragments, the black color is due to weathering.
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