Côte d’Ivoire
Sand Origin
Azuretti Grand-Bassam
Random Sand Fact
In Côte d’Ivoire, there is sand that once flew through the sky as molten glass.
More than a million years ago, a meteorite struck what is now Ghana. Material from the ground melted, was thrown into the air and cooled into natural glass before falling back to Earth.
Some of that glass landed in Côte d’Ivoire. The smallest grains are called microtektites. When small enough, they fall within the size range of sand.
