An arenophile is one who collects sand samples, the interest of the hobby lying in the variety of texture, colour, mineralogy and place of origin. The...
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is typically rounded. People who collect sand as a hobby are known as arenophiles. Organisms that thrive in sandy environments are psammophiles. Abrasion:...
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October 2017) was a British petroleum geologist and expert on sand (an arenophile). His book Sand: a journey through science and the imagination, won the...
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