People also trade fine sand which is used for construction.

The cool, fine sand felt strange against her hot skin.

It looks like very fine sand and tastes as such!

It is in the form of a black powder, like fine sand.

The fine sand and calm conditions make it a favourite with families.

The destination’s main attraction is its 12-km beach of fine sand.

The nature of the bottom was fine sand with some weed.

As so many times before, the only tracks on the fine sand were those of his own boots.

There was even fine sand that could be used for a timer.

Two servants were sweeping the fine sand which covered the ground.

In this last town, observers noted water and fine sand coming from the crack.

Other natural resources found in the State are white clay, fine sand and limestone.

The rider was now passing over the fine sand and approaching them.

The majority of the shore is covered in fine sand beaches.

A nearby stream with a bed of fine sand provided water for washing.

Fine sand stuck to the sweat on his face, but he didn't brush it off.

The very fine sand provides a good source for glass-making.

The local beaches boast fine sand and clear, clean water.

The shingle on the shore changes to fine sand once in the water.

They have fine sand and high sea depth, ideal for swimming.

It is a quiet beach with fine sand and shallow waters.

Small waves and fine sand can be found there.

These local beaches are well known for their fine sand and crystal waters.

The boy returned in less than five minutes, his white hair tinted pink with the fine sand.

The snow under their skis was like fine sand, hard and gritty.

It was about four feet square, made of fine-grained sand.

Fine-grained sand is mixed with water and shaped by the fingers.

The booths reopened after the substance was determined to be fine-grained sand.

Engineers have been looking for fine-grained sand to test the scoop system and to clean out its internal components.

Fine-grained sand and silts likely caused the somewhat low core recovery.

A. Quicksand occurs when a mass of smooth, fine-grained sand is saturated with water.

Fine-grained sand can be used to develop a preference followed by a gradual change to cat litter.

The President approached and stared at a three-footlong object resting on a bed of fine-grained sand.

This river deposited large amounts of very fine-grained sand, which compacted into sandstone.

The sediments consisted of fine-grained sands, clay and marl.

The pavers are then laid on top of this, and then a uniform, fine-grained sand is poured between them.

The temper is made from a fine-grained sand that has mica in it, which gives off a slight glitter appearance.

Upper Member: typically horizontal beds of argillaceous, very fine-grained sand; usually saturated with bitumen.

But high winds sabotaged the ceremony, blowing fine-grained sand into eyes, ears, nostrils - and automobile engines.

She looked at an albino beetle the size of a mouse as it lumbered over a floor of fine-grained sand.

Shiwan Khan's mystics had strewn those places with fine-grained sand that matched the color of the tiled door.

The words sablon and zavel both mean a fine-grained sand, halfway between silt and sand.

However, the result was not as successful as expected: the white, fine-grained sand was replaced by sand of a completely different color, size and consistency.

Across the road are fine-grained sand dunes and then the sea - with large and imposing antique structures partly covered by the dunes.

They puffed air through fine-grained sand, shuffling the grains of sand into a more precarious arrangement - something like a house of cards.

Fine-grained sand and clay soils pose more of a heaving problem when the surface layer annually thaws and freezes.

Fine-grained sand and carbonates deposited near the shore became the dolomites and sandstone of the Carlsbad Group.

A scoop of fine-grained sand collected by the rover shortly after its August 2012 touchdown showed the soil contains about 2 percent of water by weight.

A screening study using Seed's liquefaction assessment method indicated that soil unit 3c consisting of uniform fine-grained sand would be susceptible to liquefaction.

Cusps occur on all kinds of beaches, from stretches of gravel exposed to the ocean's wrath to sheltered expanses of fine-grained sand.