I hate to use the term "Bucket List," but that is probably the best description for this page. I received Albert B. Dickas' book  101 American Geo-Sites You've Gotta See  (Mountain Press), and I am hooked. In it, Dickas describes at least one important geologic site in each of the 50 states. Each site has a two-page spread. The first gives the name and longitude and latitude of the site as well as a description of why the site is important. The second page has a photograph of the site as well as instructional diagrams of how the formation was created, or a map/diagram displaying its geologic significance. I immediately went through the book to see how many of the sites I had already visited (not that many), and then how many of the sites already appear in the scieneofsand website (even fewer).

I'm proposing a new challenge - let's see if we can get sand from all legal sites. National Parks and Monuments are off limits, but you might be able to collect from someplace near the park. In the table below are all of the sites. A brown link will take you to a description I found of the site on the web. A blue link will mean that I actually have sand from the location, or very close to it. The goal obviously is to turn as many links as possible blue. Clicking on the state will take you to the page showing all of the sand samples for that state. As a second part to this challenge, do you have a favorite geological location? Send me a link, and I'll add it to this list. If you include a sample of sand from the location, I'll create a page for it.  Enjoy!!

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