Beach stones

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These smooth rocks line the coast between Cape Alava and Shi Shi Beach in Olympic National Park in Washington State.

Unique and rare Septarian brown stones are found along a narrow stretch of Lake Michigan shoreline. Read on to find out more about these fascinating stones!

Flores Island

Colourful pebbles of all sizes, sand rock paving and sand – Cove bay has it all. If you enjoy intimate landscape photography you will be in heaven there.

Only in Toronto. A beach of bricks. Actually, the entire Leslie Street Spit was created from construction debris, and its almost done. Right now, there is only limited public access (days after 6pm, weekends and holidays), but in a few years, it will be all park. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leslie_Street_Spit More photos at jamesgphoto.ca/

Discover the legend behind wishing stones, smooth stones with an unbroken line of quartz, chalcedony, or calcite running around the entire exterior of the stone. Learn how they form, where to find them, and the different variations of the legend behind them in this fascinating article. Whether you believe in the superstition or not, wishing stones are a unique and interesting find for any rockhound.

“Sea glass is physically weathered glass found on beaches along bodies of salt water. Sailor folklore claimed that sea glass are the tears shed by mermaids. #FolkloreThursday”

Bring beach rocks home and glue them together to create some whimsy in the garden or landscape.

Fascinating facts and photos featuring the most common beach stones found along Lake Michigan shorelines, as well as several unusual kinds; includes various types of basalt, septarian, limestone, granite, gabbro, diorite, gneiss, schist, sandstone, siltstone, mudstone, geodes, chalcedony and agate.