Abstract
The sound producing sand beach is a unique phenomenon occurring around the world. It is something for which Japan is well-known. The singing properties of the sand are very sensitive to pollution, in that they can be acting as a sensor for it. Therefore, the quality of the sound producing property of sound producing sand on the beach is a sign that shows purity of its environment. The sand from 30 beaches in the Japanese coasts has made sound. Some of the beaches in Northeastern to Northern Japan and they are fall into 3 geological lines of granite in magnetite series of the Cretaceous, and sandstone of the Upper Jurassic and Miocene age. This study is performed to characterize the sound producing sand geologically. Tests on the mineralogy, major and minor element compositions of major and minor, and trace elements were performed to identify the differences between sound producing sand and silent sand samples.
