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In this study, sand samples from three beaches were analyzed to know the mineral content. Two samples (high tide boundary and low tide boundary) from each beach were selected to study the minimum variation in composition. This study reveals that plagioclase feldspars [andesine (Ca,Na)Al1-2Si3-2O8, bytownite (Ca,Na)Al(Al,Si)Si2O8] occur almost in all localities except andesine at Diveagar and bytownite at high tide boundary of Harihareshwar and low tide boundary of Shrivardhan. Augite of the pyroxene group [(Ca,Na)(Mg,Fe,Al)(Si,Al)2O6] arise in all locations except the low tide boundary of Shrivardhan. Zirconium carbonate mineral sabinaite [Na4Zr2TiO4(CO3)4] appears at low tide settings of all three beaches. Albite is abundant in the low tide region of Diveagar beach, and calcite in a minor amount at Shrivardhan beach and the high tide boundary of Diveagar. Hematite is barely found.
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Authors are thankful to Prof. Ashok Tejankar, Principal, Deogiri College, Aurangabad, for help to carried out field work and to provide lab facility for sample analysis. We are thankful to Dr. Mohan Sonar and Dr. Ranjana Gawande for help in the analysis and improvement in manuscript writing. We are grateful to Dr. Pranaya Diwate for editing the text. We are grateful Sophisticated Analytical Instrument Facility (SAIF), IIT Bombay, for XRD analysis. The authors are thankful to anonymous reviewers for their useful comments on initial version of the manuscript.
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Wayal, D., Mishra, A., Lavhale, P. (2023). Study of Beach Sand from Harihareshwar, Shrivardhan, and Diveagar Beach of Raigad District, Maharashtra, India. In: Jayaraju, N., Sreenivasulu, G., Madakka, M., Manjulatha, M. (eds) Coasts, Estuaries and Lakes. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-21644-2_9
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