Beach Sand, Sri Lanka
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Bentota beach |
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Garnet sand |
Location:
Bentota River area, SW Sri Lanka
Provenance:
High grade metamorphic rocks of the south indian craton
Composition:
Transparent pink garnet, metallic black cassiterite, ilmenite, rutile, prismatic-elongate zirconia
Petrographic thin section:
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In the bright field transparent pink |
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Bright field |
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Dark field |
Texture:
Medium sand (ca. 400 µ), well to moderately sorted, angular (garnet) to subangular (cassiterite)
Sample number |
Collector |
Date of sampling |
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heubeck0052 |
Hettiavatilu |
1979 |
Comments:
Further comments on the sand, depositional history, ecc.