104 Pfeifer Beach, Big Sur, CA

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104
12/18/2002
Pfeifer Beach, Big Sur, CA
N 36 14.263 W 121 49.004
Dave Decker

This sample is from the same beach as 103, just a few feet away. The garnet dominates in this sample having been winnowed out by wave action. There is also quite a bit of magnetite (the black grains) in the sample.
Beach
Purple
Fine Grained
Well Sorted
Angular to Sub-angular
Garnet, Magnetite
Polished

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