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Sites: Moltsog els, Mongolia- aeolian (amphibole (actinolitic hornblende), sphene, rutile, tourmaline, epidote, clinozoisite, monazite), Biluut uul, Mongolia- aeolian (garnet, staurolite, monazite, epidote, clinozoisite, orthite, zircon, ilmenite, stibnite), Elstein gol Mongolia- aeolian (garnet, sphene, epidote, zoisite), Vostochnii Mongolia- aeolian (amphibole, tourmaline, sphene, zircon, epidote, apatite, garnet, ilmenite, cassiterite), Kiawah Island, USA - beach (sandy-mesotidal) (ilmenite, rutile, magnetite, garnet (grossularite-almandine), kyanite), Golf of Tonkin, Vietnam – beach (sandy-mixed - tide-dominated) (ilmenite, zircon, monazite, rutile), Liepaja, Latvia - beach (sandy-microtidal) (garnet (almandine), zircon, magnetite, pseudorutile, titanomagnetite, monazite, ilmenite, leucoxene), Ventspils, Latvia - beach-aeolian (microtidal) (garnet (grossularite, pyrope-almandine-spessartite), staurolite, monazite, amphibole (tschermakitic), zircon, rutile, tourmaline, apatite, clinozoisite, orthite, Brand-se- Baai – South Africa - beach-aeolian (sandy-microtidal) (ilmenite, rutile, garnet, pyroxene, leucoxene), Huelva estuary, Spain - beach (sandy-macrotidal) (ilmenite, magnetite, amphibole), Ventspils, Latvia - beach (sandy-microtidal) (garnet (grossularite, pyrope-almandine-spessartite), staurolite, monazite, amphibole (tschermakitic), zircon, rutile, tourmaline, apatite (coated), clinozoisite, titanomagnetite, orthite, magnetite, sphene), Veczemji Cliff, Lativa - beach (narrow sandy strand plain with cliff- microtidal) (garnet, zircon, spinel, ilmenite, tourmaline, epidote), Jurkalne, Latvia - beach (narrow strand plain with cliff and gravel bars-(microtidal) (clinopyroxene, sphene, titanomagnetite, sphalerite, zircon, monazite, garnet, orthite (?), amphibole, staurolite, clinozoisite, sillimanite), Mari, Cyprus - beach (gravelly- microtidal) (magnetite, titanomagnetite, actinolitic amphibole), Shavaryn Tsaram, Mongolia – fluvial (olivine (fayalite-enriched), garnet (pyrope, almandine), green and brown amphibole, tremolite-actinolite, clinozoisite, orthopyroxene (bronzite, hypersthene), clinopyroxene, biotite, spinel, monazite, tourmaline, orthite, epidote (pistazite), diamonds), Lerau , Germany – fluvial (ilmenite, rutile (nigrine), garnet (spessartite, almandine, grossularite), tourmaline (dravite), rutile, epidote, monazite (Th-rich), magnetite, amphibole, gold, zircon, Pleystein, Germany – fluvial (ilmenite, rutile (nigrine), garnet (almandine), tourmaline (dravite), biotite, monazite, zircon, xenotime, epidote with inclusions of scheelite, amphibole, cassiterite, pyrite, clinozoisite, sphene, orthozoisite, amphibole, sillimanite, Shire River tributaries, Malawi – fluvial (green amphibole, clinozoisite, garnet, zircon, hypersthene, rutile, apatite, sphene, aegirine-augite), Chipoka- Salima, Myupyu Hill - fluvio-deltaic (lacustrine) (rutile, ilmenite, zircon, garnet, magnetite, pseudobrookite, chromite, epidote, orthite, apatite, bronzite-hypersthene, aegirine-augite s.s.s. amphibole, sphene), Blantyre, Malawi - fluvial-alluvial (zircon, hypersthene, apatite, green amphibole, clinopyroxene, rutile, garnet, monazite), Weißenstadt, Germany - fluvial-alluvial (cassiterite, ilmenite, (pyrophanite-enriched ilmenite), zircon), Luc Yen, Vietnam - fluvial-alluvial-(residual) (ruby, monazite, xenotime, Ca-REE-Th-carbonate, Ti garnet), Ganesh Himal- Kathmandu Basin, Nepal - alluvial-fluvial (monazite, zircon, garnet (spessartite, almandine-grossularite), apatite, ilmenite, rutile, pseudorutile, tourmaline (dravite), kyanite, epidote-clinozoisite, anatase), Shavaryn Tsaram, Mongolia - alluvial-colluvial (fayalite-enriched olivine, garnet (pyrope, almandine), green and brown amphibole, tremolite-actinolite, clinozoisite, orthopyroxene (bronzite, hypersthene), clinopyroxene, biotite, spinel, monazite, tourmaline, orthite, epidote (pistazite)), Kangankunde, Malawi - alluvial-colluvial (apatite, Fe-Mn-oxide-hydroxide, ankerite, strontianite, amphibole, monazite, garnet, rutile, aegirite, arvedsonite), Pleystein, Germany - alluvial-colluvial (periglacial) ( ilmenite, rutile, garnet (almandine), tourmaline (dravite), biotite, monazite, zircon, xenotime, rutile, epidote with inclusions of scheelite, amphibole, cassiterite, clinozoisite, pyrite, clinozoisite, sphene, orthozoisite, amphibole, sillimanite), Kalavasos, Cypus – colluvial (magnetite, Ti magnetite, actinolitic amphibole), Chimwadzulu, Malawi - residual-eluvial (sapphire, ruby, enstatite padparadscha, hercynite, zircon, amphibole (hastingsite), hypersthene, clinozoisite, orthozoisite, monazite, garnet (pyrope)), Thambani, Malawi - residual-eluvial (zircon, corundum, chromium-titanium-bearing magnetite), Kapiridimba, Malawi - residual-eluvial (kyanite, rutile), Finishi Village, Malawi - residual-eluvial (chromium spinel, titanium-bearing magnetite).