由珊瑚的碎屑、貝殼的碎片和有孔蟲殼及少量的石英砂所組成。貝殼砂又叫做石灰質砂，是生長在海中的珊瑚與貝殼在死亡後，被長期的海浪、潮汐長時間的沖刷拍打，或遇到颱風來襲時，巨大風浪的摧殘磨蝕所造成的碎屑物，然後被海水淘選、搬運、堆積在潮間帶或海岸邊，有的甚至堆積成為砂丘或海島。在本島的嵵裡砂丘、山水、林投公園及隘門一帶的沙灘、吉貝嶼的沙嘴、險礁、澎澎灘、望安西安村海灘等，均有此美麗的沙灘，每到盛夏時節，其潔白沙灘是游水及塑沙的最佳場所。本中心的貝殼砂採集於馬公市烏崁里海岸。
由珊瑚的碎屑、貝殼的碎片和有孔蟲殼及少量的石英砂所組成。貝殼砂又叫做石灰質砂，是生長在海中的珊瑚與貝殼在死亡後，被長期的海浪、潮汐長時間的沖刷拍打，或遇到颱風來襲時，巨大風浪的摧殘磨蝕所造成的碎屑物，然後被海水淘選、搬運、堆積在潮間帶或海岸邊，有的甚至堆積成為砂丘或海島。在本島的嵵裡砂丘、山水、林投公園及隘門一帶的沙灘、吉貝嶼的沙嘴、險礁、澎澎灘、望安西安村海灘等，均有此美麗的沙灘，每到盛夏時節，其潔白沙灘是游水及塑沙的最佳場所。本中心的貝殼砂採集於馬公市烏崁里海岸。
It consists of coral detritus, seashell fragments, foraminifera shellsa small amount of silica sand. Seashell sand, also known as calcareous sand, is the debris that grows in the sea after coralsseashells dieare washedbeaten by the wavestides for a long termdestructedabraded by huge windwaves when a typhoon strikes. Then they are pannedtransported by seawaterdeposited in the intertidal zoneon the coast some even accumulate to become sand dunesislands. Beautiful sandy beaches are found not only in Shili sand dunes, Shanshui Beachbeaches around Lintou ParkAimen, but also in the spit, dangerous reefs of Jibei Islet, Pengpeng Beachthe beach of Xian Village, Wang-an Township. Those white sandy beaches are indeed the best places for swimmingsand sculpting activities in midsummer. The seashell sand collected by this center is from the coast of Wukan Village, Magong City.
