Florida Beach Atlas

Hillsborough County Descriptions

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Munsell Color Classifications (pdf)

HL-01-SS
Sand; Yellowish Gray to Moderate Bluish Gray; Grain Size: Fine; Range: Very Fine to Very Course; Roundness: Angular to Rounded; Medium Sphericity; Unconsolidated; Accesory Minerals: Shell-30%, Heavy Minerals-02%; Fossils: Fossil Fragments, Mollusks, Barnacles, Bryozoa, Echinoid;
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HL-01-BB
Sand; Yellowish Gray to Moderate Gray; Grain Size: Fine; Range: Very Fine to Very Course; Roundness: Angular to Subangular; Low Sphericity; Unconsolidated; Accesory Minerals: Shell-45%, Heavy Minerals-<1%; Fossils: Fossil Fragments, Mollusks, Barnacles, Bryozoa;
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HL-02
Sand; Yellowish Gray to Moderate Light Gray; Grain Size: Fine; Range: Very Fine to Very Course; Roundness: Angular to Subangular; Low Sphericity; Unconsolidated; Accesory Minerals: Shell-45%, Heavy Minerals-<1%; Fossils: Fossil Fragments, Mollusks, Barnacles;
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HL-03-SS
Sand; Yellowish Gray to Moderate Light Gray; Grain Size: Medium; Range: Fine to Very Course; Roundness: Angular to Subangular; Low Sphericity; Unconsolidated; Accesory Minerals: Shell-20%, Heavy Minerals-02%; Fossils: Fossil Fragments, Mollusks, Barnacles;
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