Volcanic litharenite, beach sand, Tenerife, Puerto de la Cruz
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Location |
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Beach at Puerto de la Cruz, Tenerife | |
Depositional facies |
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Provenance:
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Provenance | Basaltic, Pico del Teide |
Composition |
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Macro |
mostly VRF (basaltic mikrolithes, ignimbrites), clinopyroxene, olivine, opaque ores (magnetite), epidote, microcline |
Texture |
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high textural maturity: very well sorted, well rounded, black, greenish, hyaline shining, smooth and dull, rough-textured surfaces, medium sand (250 to 400 μm) |
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Petrographic thin section:
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Bright field | Dark field |
Description | mostly coarse VRF (basaltic mikrolithes, ignimbrites), in addition phx of clinopyroxene, olivine, opaque ores (magnetite), epidote, microcline |
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Sample |
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number | heubeck0086 |
Collector |
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Prof. Walter Franke, Freie Universität Berlin | |
Date |
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of sampling | ca. 1980 |
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Comments:
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high textural maturity, but mineralogical immature; contains small amounts of magnetite;
the cliffs and beaches of the Canary Islands are renowned for the presence of mafic minerals
More thin section images on the Additional data pageFurther comments on the sand, depositional history, ecc.