Beach Sand, Kovalam Beach, Kerala, India
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Kovalam Beach |
Location:
Location of sample, geographic area Kovalam Beach, Kerala, south-west India
Provenance:
Provenance of the sand, description of sedimentation route....
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Composition:
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High-grade metamorphic and mafic to intermediary plutonic proterozoic rocks of the indian craton
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Composition:
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Black, metallic resplendend ilmenite (ca. 70%), partly euhedral; translucent, bright green titanite (?, ca. 10%), black red to pink translucent garnet (ca. 10%), commonly zircon (colourless, long-prismatic) and quartz (colourless)Composition of the sand, mineralogy, ecc.
Petrographic thin section:
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