This handful of sand is typical of the beaches in the Abel Tasman National Park. The bedrock underlying the park is Separation Point Granite, which erodes and crumbles into what you see here. The iron in the granite is what gives the sand its orangey-pink colour. You can see here how coarse the grains are. They drop out of the surf quickly, which is why the area’s waters are so clear.
Abel Tasman sand
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