coquina

Also known as Lumachelle

300px|thumb|Coquina strata from [[Caleta Hornos (Coquimbo Formation)]]

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Encyclopedic overview

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Contents

Composition and distribution
History and use
Australia
Brazil
Mexico
United States
Florida
North Carolina
Other uses
Notable exposures
In architecture
See also
References
External links

300px|thumb|Coquina strata from [[Caleta Hornos (Coquimbo Formation)]]

Coquina () is a sedimentary rock that is composed either wholly or almost entirely of the transported, abraded, and mechanically sorted fragments of mollusks, trilobites, brachiopods, or other invertebrates. The term coquina comes from the Spanish word for "cockle" and "shellfish".

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