Data on phase and chemical compositions of black sands from “El Ostional” beach situated in Mompiche, Ecuador

• Main Authors: Karina J. Lagos, Bojan A. Marinkovic, Anja Dosen, Marco V. Guamán, Víctor H. Guerrero, Emilio Pardo, Patricia I. Pontón
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier 2020-10-01
• Series: Data in Brief
• Subjects: Ferrotitaniferous sands; Ilmenite-hematite solid solution; XRF; XRPD; SEM
• Online Access: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352340920311082
• ISSN: 2352-3409

Data revealing the phase and chemical compositions of natural black sands from “El Ostional” beach, located in the northern Ecuadorian Pacific coast have been presented. The samples were collected from six points over the shore area of approximately 500 × 40 m2. The data on crystalline phases (iron titanium oxide, orthoclase feldspar and zircon) were determined by X-ray powder diffraction (XRPD), while semi-quantitative chemical analyses of major (Fe and Ti) and trace elements were obtained by X-ray fluorescence spectroscopy (XRF). The phase composition was verified by scanning electron microscopy (SEM), using backscattered electron (BSE) mode and energy dispersive spectroscopy (EDS). These comprehensive data are a contribution to valorize ilmenite-hematite solid solutions from natural resources towards the identification of novel technological applications.