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What is white sand made of?

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Well, White Zombie is pretty much Heavy Metal as far as I'm concerned.

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White sand that found in the White Sands National Monument in New Mexico and on beaches around the world is composed mainly of eroded limestone. Also it can be made by parrot fish who eat hard corals, digest them, then release the excrement into the ocean which turns into white sand.

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