White, red, black, yellow, and green: You\u2019ll find beaches in all sorts of colors on the Hawaiian Islands!<\/p>\n
Hawaii\u2019s multicolored beaches got their spectacular hues from the island\u2019s volcanic activity. The high-pressure geologic environments which create magma and lava also create vibrant rocks. If a beach happens to be near an area with high concentrations of one mineral or another, the sand will reflect that concentration.<\/p>\n
For example, black-sand beaches get their hue from the volcanic rock obsidian.<\/p>\n
Green-sand beaches are formed when there is a high concentration of Olivine. Even if you\u2019ve never heard the name \u201cOlivine,\u201d before, you\u2019re probably familiar with this stone: transparent, jewelry-quality Olivine is called \u201cPeridot.\u201d These gem-glittered beaches can be found throughout Hawaii \u2013 come explore!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
White, red, black, yellow, and green: You\u2019ll find beaches in all sorts of colors on the Hawaiian Islands! Hawaii\u2019s multicolored beaches got their spectacular hues from the island\u2019s volcanic activity. The high-pressure geologic environments which create magma and lava also create vibrant rocks. If a beach happens to be near an area with high concentrations of… Continue reading Rainbow Beaches \u2013 A Guide to Hawaii\u2019s Multicolored Sand [Video]<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":281,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-279","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hawaii-vacation-information","category-hawaiian-history","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaiianbeachrentals.com\/hawaiitravelblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/279","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaiianbeachrentals.com\/hawaiitravelblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaiianbeachrentals.com\/hawaiitravelblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaiianbeachrentals.com\/hawaiitravelblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaiianbeachrentals.com\/hawaiitravelblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=279"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaiianbeachrentals.com\/hawaiitravelblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/279\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":280,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaiianbeachrentals.com\/hawaiitravelblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/279\/revisions\/280"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaiianbeachrentals.com\/hawaiitravelblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/281"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaiianbeachrentals.com\/hawaiitravelblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=279"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaiianbeachrentals.com\/hawaiitravelblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=279"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaiianbeachrentals.com\/hawaiitravelblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=279"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}