Black sand

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Black sand

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Properties
Soil layer Aquifer Sand
Contains
All minerals common to soil layers
Wikipedia article

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Black sand on chalk with sparse grass. A saguaro trunk is visible on the top-left.

Black sand is one of the several types of sand that can be found in soil layers. Black sand layers occasionally contain an aquifer.

It can be gathered into bags and used for the purpose of glassmaking, and it can also be used for farming just like any other soil layer.

An ominous ashy black beach.

In real life

Black sands are usually made up of large quantities of magnetite. Such black sands (also known as mineral sands or iron sands) are found in various beaches via rivers from erosion and are concentrated via wave action and currents. Other types of black sand include deposits composed of basalt fragments near active volcanoes.

"Black sand" in other Languages Dwarven: udir cuggán Elven: opa polefa Goblin: ogur anga Human: oth zar

Raws
[INORGANIC:SAND_BLACK] [USE_MATERIAL_TEMPLATE:SOIL_TEMPLATE] [STATE_NAME_ADJ:ALL_SOLID:black sand][DISPLAY_COLOR:0:6:1][TILE:178] [SOIL][AQUIFER][SOIL_SAND] [SOLID_DENSITY:1710] SCS = 90/5/5 [STATE_COLOR:ALL_SOLID:TAUPE_DARK]

V · T · E Soil
Topsoil	Loam · Loamy sand · Peat · Sandy clay loam · Sandy loam · Silt · Silt loam · Silty clay loam
Ocean floor	Calcareous ooze · Pelagic clay · Siliceous ooze
Sand	Sand (tan) · Black sand · Red sand · White sand · Yellow sand
Clay	Clay · Clay loam · Fire clay · Sandy clay · Silty clay