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Gemma Ware, Host, The Conversation Weekly Podcast, The Conversation

How we solved the mystery of the pink sand on South Australia’s beaches – podcast

Pink sand made up of garnet rocks on a beach in South Australia. University of Adelaide.

Take a walk along a beach in parts of South Australia, and you may come across unusual patches of pink sand. When a team of geologists began analysing samples of this mysterious sand to find out where it comes from, their search took them back through time to a previously undiscovered mountain range in Antarctica.

In this episode of The Conversation Weekly podcast, we speak to geologist Sharmaine Verhaert about the discovery and what it’s revealing.

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