DescriptionHeavyMineralsBeachSand.jpg English: Heavymineral layers (dark) in a quartz beachsand (Chennai, India). Date May 2008 Source Original photograph
Sediments at a portuguese beach north of Sagres, heavy, manganese minerals differentiated by the water from lighter silicate minerals, forming little braided
color to microscopic grains of iron oxide minerals (such as hematite and goethite) The iron-rich heavyminerals present in the soil had undergone leaching
color to microscopic grains of iron oxide minerals (such as hematite and goethite) The iron-rich heavyminerals present in the soil had undergone leaching