From orange and red to purple and black, here are some of the world’s most beautiful colored-sand beaches for your viewing pleasure. And in case you need some more daydreaming fodder ...

These beaches form over time by the erosion of ... Regardless, the uniquely colored sand completes these otherworldly landscapes. Located everywhere from exotic warm weather destinations to ...

A departure from the usual light-colored, quartz-rich sands you find on the California coast, this small black-sand beach — formed from ancient lava-based pillow basalt — in the Golden Gate ...

No rose-colored glasses are needed to enjoy these stunning stretches of sand. You may have heard of white and black sand beaches, but what about shores with pink sands? Though rare, several ...

For Kent, an Ormond Beach resident and Volusia County ... where the “occasional right whale” will swim by. “The sand itself, the cinnamon-colored sand … is just so unique and beautiful ...

A North Sea beach is going green — literally — through an experiment using the emerald-colored mineral olivine, which is ground down to grains of sand and used to remove carbon in the ...

VIRGINIA BEACH — Sand replenishment in the resort area has ended early because of problems with the consistency and color of the sand. The project came to a halt last month when the grains ...