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h5. Carbonate Sand, Yucatan, Mexico
| !0059 - NA Isla Mujeres kanlaya4.jpg|thumbnail! | | !17_1.JPG|thumbnail! |
| Environment \\ |{table-cell:width=30%} | Macro |
| *Location:* \\ | Isla Mujeres, Yucatan, Mexico |
| *Depositional facies:* \\ | broad, shallow, long, medium to low energy beach |
| *Provenance:* \\ | local provenance from the water covered Yucatan platform east of Isla Mujeres. Biogenically grown carbonate is eroded periodically by hurricanes and transported to the beaches by currents |
| *Composition:* \\ | CaCO3 (calcite and aragonite) |
| *Texture:* | Medium grained, well sorted, well rounded |
\\ Petrographic thin section:
| !Hellfeld_Isla_Mujeres_0017.jpg|thumbnail! | Dominated by "tiara" or \\
fingerprint similar red algae \\ | !Dunkelfeld_IMujeres_0017.jpg|thumbnail! |
| Bright field \\ | | Dark field \\ |
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|| Sample number \\ || Collector || Date of sampling \\ ||
| heubeck0017 | unknown (gift) | 1995? |
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h6. Comments:
Isla Mujeres is a huge island near Yucatan |
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