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Kovalam Beach |
| Ilmenite, some garnet |
Location:
Kovalam Beach, Kerala, south-west tip of India
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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)
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Petrographic thin section:
| Opaque ilmenite dominates the | |
Bright field |
| Dark field |
Opaque ilmenite dominates the image. This impression is reinforced in the dark field by garnets; merely some clinopyroxenes stand out with their coloures
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