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Eolian quartz sand with clay |
Petrographic thin section:
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Bright field | Dark field |
Exclusively limpid monocristalline quartz, mostly with thin FeOx or clay cutanes
Texture:
Texture of the grains, ecc. fine medium sand (ca. 200 µ), very well sorted, subangular
Sample Number:
number of the sample heubeck0071
Collector:
Collector of the sand, Institution W. Franke
Date:
Date of samplingunknown
Comments:
Further comments on the sand, depositional history, ecc.The excellent sorting and especially the abscence of coarse grains in combination with the high mineralogical maturity indicate an eolian transport and sedimentation
