[NatureNS] Pink sands

Date: Sat, 19 May 2007 13:29:42 -0300
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Hi again, Sherman.

I removed magenta from the pics, and the background tones became more natural on
my screen, but the pink (more pale mauve, I'd say) remains on the outer beach. 
I think this might result from a sorting of heavy mineral sands (Zircon).  But
perhaps others are right about an organic origin. It is unlikely that beach
sands would be anoxic enough and laden with sulphides to harbour "purple
Cyanobacteria" (I don't know current taxonomic assigment), which produce this
sort of colour on saltmarsh muds.

Cheers, Ian McLaren

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