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Here are the beach & shell organisms I own. 

 

FYI: All of these were obtained legally and ethically. There are laws and/or guidelines regarding the purchase of coral, starfish, etc. 

 

From center top left: Sea sponge, starfish, sand dollar, Keyhole or Mexican arrowhead sand dollar, grey brachiopod fossil, King’s crown striped conch, murex spiky conch 

 

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Large piece of Brain coral 

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@wilma I love your photos of your collections. 

 

They made me think of all the places I've heard about that have pink or black sand beaches. 

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@cindyNC wrote:

@wilma I love your photos of your collections. 

 

They made me think of all the places I've heard about that have pink or black sand beaches. 


My DH and I went to HI for our 20th wedding anniversary 30 years ago.  We were on a beautiful black sand beach.  It was so hot on our feet, but beautiful.  Always wanted to go back, but never did.  Too many other places that we wanted to go to. 

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A few beach shots from the last couple years:

 

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I will be happy to hit the beach again!

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VERY COOL COLLECTION, thanks for sharing it with us.

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@wilma Very lovely....I adore sand dollars...I have a huge conch given me as a gift from an old friend in Mexico. Shells have such a happy feel....thank you again for sharing.😊

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@wilma    One of the recent local news shows had a piece on all the shells piling up on the beaches since no one's going. It was ALL shells and almost no sand. It was the NC and SC beaches. 

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Gorgeous, thanks for sharing

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@twinny70 wrote:

@cindyNC wrote:

@wilma I love your photos of your collections. 

 

They made me think of all the places I've heard about that have pink or black sand beaches. 


My DH and I went to HI for our 20th wedding anniversary 30 years ago.  We were on a beautiful black sand beach.  It was so hot on our feet, but beautiful.  Always wanted to go back, but never did.  Too many other places that we wanted to go to. 


@twinny70 

I envy you. Always wanted to go to Hawaii. I’m sure it’s both beautiful and fascinating. My sister and in laws have been. Maybe me someday.

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@Shanus wrote:

@wilma    One of the recent local news shows had a piece on all the shells piling up on the beaches since no one's going. It was ALL shells and almost no sand. It was the NC and SC beaches. 


@Shanus 

I didn’t even think of that, but it makes sense.