Green Sand Beach (Papakolea Beach)

Green Sand Beach (Papakolea Beach)

Papakoleabeach is a beach located in Hawaii, the beach is located in the Ka'u district. This beach is a beach that is very special and unique, if when you visit a beach you will find a beach with white sand or black then you will see the beach with green sand beach while visiting Papakolea. It's not easy to reach location of this beach because it was surrounded by rocks, to reach the beach you have to climb the rocks first, therefore you are advised to wear suitable footwear used for rock climbing, rock climbing is you do not have to worry because the type of rock slip around this beach is an easy dry rock climbing. When you successfully climb the rocks so the tiredness will go away when you see such a beautiful beach, this beach has sand-colored green and be more green when exposed to ocean waves, it's beautiful scenery, when it collided with a crystal clear ocean water sand-colored green, this scene will make you feel at home looking at this beach. Expected since 49,000 years ago when a volcano exploded and spewed sand that has a unique green color, green color comes from rock fragments called Olivine crystals in the mountain. Green sand is actually derived from a mixture of ash, lava and debris from Olivine crystals. Because color is beautiful, the people of Hawaii said that Crystal Olivine is a "diamond Hawaii". Papakolea beach is a very beautiful beach with its unique green sand grains, although the sand did not originate from the crystal Olivene but its beauty can still be the mainstay and attraction to the surrounding community pride. For those of you who love traveling to the beach is unique then you should not miss, especially if you are on the islands of Hawaii is required to visit this place and bring a bit of sand to take home as a souvenir, beach Papakolea Unfortunately this not always have the green sand because the expected content of Olivine crystals in the sand of this beach will fade over time.