These black sand volcanic beaches are common in parts of New Zealand.

Six big York boats were turned keel up in the black sand.

A small watercourse had brought down a large quantity of black sand.

She sifted a hand through the fine black sand they lay upon.

The blue bioluminescence spilling through the entrance washed over the black sand.

The mud clung like glue and the black sand scratched like pumice.

He too follows Death to the black sand under the starry sky.

This black sand is now imported in large quantities from Singapore.

The stream here was wide, moving sluggishly over a bed of black sand.

This rusty-colored outside is oxidized iron-from the black sand, I guess.

Jealously, bit by bit, he let the black sand slip away.

Sometimes they had to climb over rocks, sometimes to wade through black sand.

Where talcose it is bluish, and shows streaks of ' black sand,' titaniferous iron.

Miles and miles of black sand, as far as the eye can see.

He stretched then sat back, his elbows in the black sand.

Somewhere close beneath the black sand lay a smooth, unyielding surface.