1.   The fortunate ones clutch tiny plastic bags of black sand, a pound of which counts as a windfall.

2.   Before we were lured in by the black sand, he dumped the pan and declared nothing there.

3.   Black sand.

4.   Gold flecks glittered in the morning sun, sparkling amid a bed of black sand, and yes, I figured I was rich.

5.   Several soldiers lay with their rifles behind a dune of black sand.

6.   The black sand glimmered.

7.   The final tablespoonful of black sand and water spreads across the bottom.

8.   This looks set to change, however, with the discovery of a new way to extract titanium metal that requires little more than black sand and electricity.

9.   Coasts that were once famous for their rocky scenery now are flat beaches of black sand.

10.   Harvey Garner looked down and fell silent for a moment as his feet sank into the black sand of Invasion Beach.