Norway
Sand Origin
Kvitsanden, Røros Kindly collected by staff at the Norwegian Geological Survey
Random Sand Fact
Found in Norway: a 3.6-billion-year-old grain of sand.
The tiny zircon grain was found in sandstone at Hølonda. It is older than the surrounding bedrock and points to an origin in what is now Greenland.
The grain travelled with rocks moved during continental collision and the formation of a vast mountain range hundreds of millions of years ago.
A 0.1-millimetre grain, with billions of years behind it.
