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Levy County Descriptions

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Munsell Color Classifications (pdf)

LV-01
Sand; Very Light Orange; Grain Size: Medium; Range: Fine to Course; Roundness: Angular to Rounded; Medium Sphericity; Unconsolidated; Accesory Minerals: Heavy Minerals-<1%;
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LV-02
Sand; Grayish Orange; Grain Size: Medium; Range: Fine to Course; Roundness: Subangular to Rounded; Medium Sphericity; Unconsolidated; Accesory Minerals: Organics-01%, Limestone-01%, Heavy Minerals-<1%;
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LV-03
Sand; Very Light Orange to Yellowish Gray; Grain Size: Medium; Range: Fine to Course; Roundness: Angular to Rounded; Medium Sphericity; Unconsolidated; Accesory Minerals: Heavy Minerals-<1%, Organics-<1%;
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LV-04
Sand; Yellowish Gray to Grayish Orange; Grain Size: Medium; Range: Fine to Medium; Roundness: Angular to Rounded; Medium Sphericity; Unconsolidated; Accesory Minerals: Organics-01%, Heavy Minerals-<1%; Fossils: Plant Remains;
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LV-05
Sand; Very Light Orange to Yellowish Gray; Grain Size: Medium; Range: Fine to Course; Roundness: Angular to Rounded; Low Sphericity; Unconsolidated; Accesory Minerals: Heavy Minerals-<1%, Organics-<1%;
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LV-06
No Sample;
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LV-07
Sand; Very Light Orange to Yellowish Gray; Grain Size: Course; Range: Fine to Very Course; Roundness: Angular to Rounded; Low Sphericity; Unconsolidated; Accesory Minerals: Shell-03%, Phosphatic Sand-<1%, Limonite-<1%; Fossils: Fossil Fragments;
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LV-08
Sand; Very Light Orange to Yellowish Gray; Grain Size: Medium; Range: Fine to Very Course; Roundness: Angular to Subangular; Low Sphericity; Unconsolidated; Accesory Minerals: Shell-10%, Limestone-03%; Fossils: Fossil Fragments, Mollusks, Barnacles, Benthic Foraminifera; Nummulites sp., Amphestegina sp., Spherogypsina globula present; Reworked Ocala LS;
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LV-09
Sand; Very Light Orange to Yellowish Gray; Grain Size: Medium; Range: Fine to Very Course; Roundness: Angular to Rounded; Low Sphericity; Unconsolidated; Accesory Minerals: Limestone-03%, Limonite-<1%; Fossils: Fossil Fragments, Benthic Foraminifera; Possibly bi-modal; Nummulites sp. and Amphistegina sp. present; Reworked Ocala LS.
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LV-10
Sand; Very Light Orange to Yellowish Gray; Grain Size: Medium; Range: Fine to Course; Roundness: Angular to Subangular; Low Sphericity; Unconsolidated; Accesory Minerals: Shell-25%; Fossils: Fossil Fragments, Mollusks, Barnacles;
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LV-11
Sand; Very Light Orange to Grayish Brown; Grain Size: Medium; Range: Fine to Course; Roundness: Angular to Subangular; Low Sphericity; Unconsolidated; Accesory Minerals: Plant Remains-05%, Shell-01%; Fossils: Fossil Fragments, Mollusks;
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LV-12
No Sample;
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