Beach Sand, Kovalam Beach, Kerala, India
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Kovalam Beach |
Location:
Kovalam Beach, Kerala, south-west tip of India
Provenance:
High-grade metamorphic and mafic to intermediary plutonic proterozoic rocks of the indian craton
Composition:
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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Ilmenite, some garnet |
Petrographic thin section:
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Bright field |
Dark field |
Opaque ilmenite dominates the image. This impression is reinforced in the dark field by garnets; merely some clinopyroxenes stand out with their coloures
Texture:
Texture of the grains, ecc.
Sample Number:
number of the sample
Collector:
Collector of the sand, Institution
Date:
Date of sampling
Comments:
Further comments on the sand, depositional history, ecc.
