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coquina
300px|thumb|Coquina strata from [[Caleta Hornos (Coquimbo Formation)]]
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14 sectionsContents
- 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".