Beach Sand, Kovalam Beach, Kerala State, India
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Kovalam Beach | Ilmenite, some garnet |
Location |
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Kovalam Beach, Kerala, south-west tip of India | |
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Provenance |
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High-grade metamorphic and mafic to intermediary plutonic proterozoic rocks of the indian craton | |
Composition |
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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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Texture | Fine sand (ca. 170 µ), very well sorted, well to very well rounded Ilmenite, some garnet |
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Petrographic thin section:
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Description | 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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Bright field | Dark field |
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Texture:
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Texture of the grains, ecc.
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Collector:
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heubeck0075 |
Collector |
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A. Deeken |
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Date:
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Date of sampling | 2004 |
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Comments:
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Further comments on the sand, depositional history, ecc.The existence of thorazite at Kovalam Beach is mentioned in Wikipedia, but is not certified. Famous locality for sand collectors.
The sand has been collected above the waterline
