A Geoscience Digital Image Library
A Geoscience Digital Image Library
| Title | Coquina, from St. Augustine, Florida, USA |
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| Description | Coquina is a type of limestone composed primarily of cemented-together shell fragments. This particular coquina is well known. After several fire disasters, this coquina was the main building material used by Spaniards in St. Augustine, Florida, in the late 1600s. The field of view in this photo is about 2 cm across. |
| Chronostratigraphy | Pleistocene |
| Location | USA ▹ Florida. Near St. Augustine. |
| Photographer | Nessa Eull. 2001-05-21. |
| Collection | Ward’s University Rock Collection #154. |
| Key words | coquina, Florida, limestone |
| Tech details | 1.41 MB. Hand specimen. Fujifilm FinePix S1Pro digital camera, 60mm Nikon AF micro lens. |
| GeoDIL number | 487 |
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