Red Stones on the Sand
by Jenny Rainbow
Title
Red Stones on the Sand
Artist
Jenny Rainbow
Medium
Photograph - Photography
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RED STONES on the SAND by JENNY RAINBOW.
Two red Laterite stones on the wet sand of the Goan beach Bogmalo (India).
Laterite soil is rich in aluminium and iron, formed in wet and hot tropical areas. Almost all laterite soils are red due to the presence of iron oxides. It is prepared by the prolonged and rigorous weathering of the parent rock. Laterisation or tropical weathering is a long-drawn-out process of chemical and mechanical weathering which results in a large variety in the chemistry, grade, thickness and ore mineralogy of the ensuing soils. Laterite soils are pregnant with aluminium and iron oxides, but are deficient in potash, phosphoric acid, lime and nitrogen.
Laterite soil in India is mainly found capping the flat uplands, and is also spread in the western coastal region, getting incredibly heavy rain.
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February 12th, 2015
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