THE SAND

 The sand composition of Cala Sant Francesc (also named Cala Bona)
 we have founded ...

		Volume			General shape of the clasts
		gravel	sand	fine soil	angular	subangular	subrounded	rounded
Organic structures remains (shells, sea urchin quills...); they react with H Cl	bioclasts *	x	x	x		x	x
Pink, white, orange colors bright, round, they react with H Cl	calcite
Dark and bright, it is easily broken with the needle	biotite
Dark , it does not break easily with the needle	rare earth minerals		x					x
Colourless, white or grey often it has flat surfaces, it seems glass	quartz		x					x
Fragments formed several minerals with different colours	rock fragments	x	x				x
Pink colours amd matt	orthoclase		x				x

                                                      note:   there was some gravel size of rock fragments.
                                          data table adapted from the book CTMA-I Castellnou Edicions, BCN 2003
   
The sand has other particles* such as...
we have founded ...

3-remains of algae

1- corall remains  2-molluscs 

4-smalls crabs and sea urchin

5- sea snails

Height and diameter of a hep of sand
After making the funnel, we have poured the sand through it twice. We have put a piece of absorbent paper underneath, in order to prenent sand grains from spreading over the taeble, what had happened the first time we had tried it. Finally, we have measured it with a tape measure.

  The longshore drift and the man-made structures

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adapted from the anterior 

It alter the shape of beaches because the sand can not do  (//) the lateral displacement  and piles up on one side of the man-made structure.





Nanou, Guillem, Pau and their teacher have decided to try to improve performance ... and we believe they have got it.

Height and diameter of a heap of sand

1· We measured 1L. of sand with a calibrated container.

2· We made a funnel with a corner of a Tetra Pak making a hole of 2.5 cm. in the longest side.













3· We fixed the funned to the support and the funell at 40 cm. high.

4· We put a metallic tray under the brick and the support , and two kitchen papers on top to collect better the sand and prevent the grains from bouncing. We put the tray onto a cardboard box.

5· We throw the sand slowly to obtain a mountain.

6· We get a mountain of 5 cm. height with a base of 15 cm.

1·Vam mesurar amb una gerra mesurada una quantitat de 1 L. de sorra

2·Vam fer un embut amb l'angle d'un "tetrabrick" que tenia una obertura de 2.5 cm. al cantò més llarg.

3·Vam fer un muntatge amb el suport i el "brick" fent d'embut a 40 cm. d'altura

4·A sota vam posar una safata metàl·lica amb les vores una mica aixecades i dos papers de cuina al damunt per així recollir millor la sorra i evitar que reboti, vam obrir una capsa i ho vam posar també al voltant per tal de que no s'escampes la sorra.

5·Vam tirar la sorra a poc a poc per tal de que es crees una muntanya.

6·Vam obtenir una muntanya de 5 cm. d'alçada amb una base d'uns 15 cm.

Granulometria

To know what is the structure of the sand, we used calibrated sieves we had in the lab and then we obtained the following results:

Per tal de conéixer quina es l'estructura dels grans de sorra, vam aprofitar els tamisos calibrats que teniem al laboratori  i vam obtenir els següents resultats:

1· We sized 1 liter of sand.
2· We measured it in the balance with the metalic tray included; remaining the weight of the tray we get the net weight.
3· Net weight = Gross weight - Tare = 1930,4 g. - 306,2 g. = 1624,1 g.
4· We obtained the density of the sand :D=M/V = 1624,1 g./1000 cm3 = 1,624 g/cm3
5· We ordered the sieves by sizes, the sieve which had the mesh opening more biggest (2mm), then the 1mm and then the 0.8mm.

1·Vam mesurar un litre de sorra

2·Vam pesar-lo a la balança amb la safata inclosa; restant el pes de la safata vam obtenir el pes net.

3·Pes net = Pes brut - Tara = 1930,4 g. - 306,2 g. = 1624,1 g. 

4·Vam poder trobar la densitat de la sorra : D=M/V   =  1624,1 g./1000 cm3   = 1,624 g/cm3

5·Vam ordenar els tamisos per mides; el que tenia la obertura malla més gran era de 2 mm. , desprès el d'1mm. , el de 0.8mm.

	Net weight of the fraction	Percentage
Sand > 2mm.	1492,8 g.	91,47 %
Sand < 2mm. > 1mm	125,6 g.	7,73 %
Sand < 1mm. > 0,8mm	5,2 g.	0,47%
Sand < 0,8 mm	0,5 g.	0,32 %
Total	1624,1 g.	100%