<P> Papakōlea Beach ( also known as Green Sand Beach or Mahana Beach ) is a green sand beach located near South Point , in the Ka ʻū district of the island of Hawai ʻi . One of only four green sand beaches in the world , the others being Talofofo Beach , Guam ; Punta Cormorant on Floreana Island in the Galapagos Islands ; and Hornindalsvatnet , Norway . It gets its distinctive coloring from olivine sand eroded out of the enclosing volcanic cone ( tuff ring ) . </P>
<P> Papakōlea Beach ( also known as Green Sand Beach or Mahana Beach ) is a green sand beach located near South Point , in the Ka ʻū district of the island of Hawai ʻi . One of only four green sand beaches in the world , the others being Talofofo Beach , Guam ; Punta Cormorant on Floreana Island in the Galapagos Islands ; and Hornindalsvatnet , Norway . It gets its distinctive coloring from olivine sand eroded out of the enclosing volcanic cone ( tuff ring ) . </P>
the green sand found on the shores of the hawaiian island volcanoes
the green sand found on the shores of the hawaiian island volcanoes
olivine sand eroded out of the enclosing volcanic cone ( tuff ring )
olivine sand eroded out of the enclosing volcanic cone ( tuff ring )