Andorra
Sand Origin
Close to church Sant Cerni de Nagol, outside Sant Julià de Lòria
Collector: “The sand is mixed with probably shale and some fragments of small rocks. It’s from the Silurian period. Near the collection point, there is a beautiful Romanic church called Sant Cerni de Nagol.   In Andorra we have mainly Paleozoic rocks (a bit metamorphosed: schists, phyllites, gneiss…), a big granite, and then quaternary deposits: moraines, tills… “
Local Sand Trivia
What you see at The Miniature Museum in Andorra is not sand but single grains of sand carved into sculptures. You must look through microscopes to see the displayed masterpieces nearly invisible to the eye. A bottle carved of a single grain of sand is but one example of the micro-art at The Miniature Museum.
Want to be amazed at micro art, even if not in Andorra? Head to the nearest sandy place with a magnifying glass or your smartphone to peek into nature’s own art exhibition. Not one grain is the other exactly alike. (Or check out the GRAINS collection for close-ups of grains of sand transformed into jewelry)
