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h5. Dune Sand, Kalahari

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{table-cell} | Eolian quartz sand with clay \\
cutanes |

h6.| Location:

*Location* \\ | Kalahari desert, near Mata-Mata, southern Namibia, Afrika |

h6. Provenance:

Unknown

h6. Composition:

| *Depositional facies* \\ | _replace this with text about the dep facies_ |
| *Provenance* \\ | Unknown |
| *Composition* \\ | Limpid quartz, mostly with thin FeOx or clay cutanes |
| *Texture* | Fine medium sand (ca. 200 µ), very well sorted, subangular |
h6. Petrographic thin section:

| !Mata-Mata_ts_II_sm500.jpg|thumbnail,align=left!| *Description* | Exclusively limpid monocristalline \\
quartz, mostly with thin FeOx or \\
clay cutanes |

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| Bright field \\ | 
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{table-cell} | Dark field \\ |

h6. Texture:

Fine medium sand (ca. 200 µ), very well sorted, subangular
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|| *Sample number* \\| heubeck0071 |
| *Collector* || DateW. ofFranke sampling| \\ ||
| heubeck0071*Date | W. Frankeof sampling* | unknown |

h6. Comments:

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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