The color of the sand is due to a type of lava crystal ... Home to the Blue Lagoon and stunning waterfalls, Iceland also has a unique beach unlike anything else you’ve probably seen.

Diamond Beach is a strip of jet-black sand covered in sparkling chunks of ice. The beach is a stone's throw away from Iceland's Jökulsárlón glacier lagoon, a clear lake that ferries giant ...

The sand gets its color from obsidian ... mountain Vestrahorn on the Stokksnes peninsula in southeast Iceland. Surrounded by black beaches, the reflection of Vestrahorn's majestic steep cliffs ...

The beach in Vík í Mýrdal in Iceland also gets its dark-colored ... Tiny quartz particles are what make the sand so white. For all of the colors, make your way to Rainbow Beach in Queensland ...

For nearby accommodations, check out The Reefs Resort & Club. (Getty Images)| The Bahamas' 3-mile-long Pink Sand Beach gets its color from crushed pink and red shells of microscopic coral insects.

Iceland's Vik Beach is one of the most breathtaking black sand beaches you'll ever see! Photo: iStock Move over, powdery white shores — there's something irresistibly dramatic about black sand ...