Dune Sand, Kalahari
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Mata-Mata landscape |
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Eolian quartz sand with clay |
Location | Kalahari desert, near Mata-Mata, southern Namibia, Afrika |
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Provenance | Unknown |
Composition | Limpid quartz, mostly with thin FeOx or clay cutanes |
Texture | Fine medium sand (ca. 200 µ), very well sorted, subangular |
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Description | Exclusively limpid monocristalline quartz, mostly with thin FeOx or clay cutanes |
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Bright field | Dark field |
Sample number | heubeck0071 |
Collector | W. Franke |
Date of sampling | unknown |
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The excellent sorting and especially the abscence of coarse grains in combination with the high mineralogical maturity indicate an eolian transport and sedimentation
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