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Manatee County Descriptions

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MN-01
Sand; White to Yellowish Gray; Grain Size: Medium; Range: Fine to Course; Roundness: Angular to Subangular; Low Sphericity; Unconsolidated; Accesory Minerals: Shell-05%, Heavy Minerals-02%; Fossils: Fossil Fragments;
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MN-02-SS
Sand; White to Yellowish Gray; Grain Size: Medium; Range: Fine to Course; Roundness: Angular to Subangular; Low Sphericity; Unconsolidated; Accesory Minerals: Shell-10%, Heavy Minerals-02%; Fossils: Fossil Fragments;
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MN-02-BB
Sand; White to Yellowish Gray; Grain Size: Fine; Range: Very Fine to Medium; Roundness: Angular to Subangular; Medium Sphericity; Unconsolidated; Accesory Minerals: Heavy Minerals-01%, Shell-<1%; Fossils: Fossil Fragments;
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MN-03-SS
Sand; Yellowish Gray to Moderate Light Gray; Grain Size: Fine; Range: Very Fine to Course; Roundness: Angular to Rounded; Medium Sphericity; Unconsolidated; Accesory Minerals: Shell-35%, Heavy Minerals-<1%; Fossils: Fossil Fragments, Mollusks, Barnacles;
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MN-03-BB
Sand; Yellowish Gray to Moderate Light Gray; Grain Size: Fine; Range: Very Fine to Course; Roundness: Angular to Rounded; Low Sphericity; Unconsolidated; Accesory Minerals: Shell-45%, Heavy Minerals-01%; Fossils: Fossil Fragments, Mollusks, Barnacles, Echinoid, Bryozoa;
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MN-04-SS
Sand; Yellowish Gray to Moderate Light Gray; Grain Size: Fine; Range: Very Fine to Course; Roundness: Angular to Rounded; Low Sphericity; Unconsolidated; Accesory Minerals: Shell-25%, Heavy Minerals-<1%; Fossils: Fossil Fragments, Mollusks, Barnacles, Echinoid, Ostracods; Bryozoa; Possible Tooth Fragments
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MN-04-BB
Sand; Yellowish Gray to Moderate Light Gray; Grain Size: Fine; Range: Very Fine to Course; Roundness: Angular to Subangular; Low Sphericity; Unconsolidated; Accesory Minerals: Shell-35%, Heavy Minerals-<1%; Fossils: Fossil Fragments, Mollusks, Barnacles, Echinoid, Bryozoa;
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MN-05-SS
Sand; Yellowish Gray to Light Gray; Grain Size: Medium; Range: Fine to Very Course; Roundness: Angular to Rounded; Low Sphericity; Unconsolidated; Accesory Minerals: Shell-35%, Heavy Minerals-<1%; Fossils: Fossil Fragments, Mollusks, Echinoid;
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MN-05-BB
Sand; Yellowish Gray to Moderate Light Gray; Grain Size: Fine; Range: Very Fine to Course; Roundness: Angular to Subangular; Low Sphericity; Unconsolidated; Accesory Minerals: Shell-40%; Other Features: Weathered; Fossils: Fossil Fragments, Mollusks, Barnacles, Echinoid;
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MN-06-SS
Sand; Yellowish Gray to Moderate Gray; Grain Size: Medium; Range: Very Fine to Course; Roundness: Angular to Subangular; Low Sphericity; Unconsolidated; Accesory Minerals: Shell-40%, Heavy Minerals-<1%; Other Features: Weathered; Fossils: Fossil Fragments, Mollusks, Barnacles;
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MN-06-BB
Sand; Yellowish Gray to Light Gray; Grain Size: Fine; Range: Very Fine to Medium; Roundness: Angular to Subangular; Medium Sphericity; Unconsolidated; Accesory Minerals: Shell-08%, Heavy Minerals-02%; Fossils: Fossil Fragments;
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MN-07
Shell Bed; Yellowish Gray to Moderate Light Gray; Unconsolidated; Accesory Minerals: Quartz Sand-35%; Fossils: Fossil Fragments, Mollusks, Barnacles, Bryozoa;
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MN-08
Sand; Yellowish Gray to Very Light Orange; Grain Size: Medium; Range: Very Fine to Course; Roundness: Angular to Rounded; Medium Sphericity; Unconsolidated; Accesory Minerals: Shell-25%, Heavy Minerals-01%; Fossils: Fossil Fragments, Mollusks, Barnacles;
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MN-09-SS
Sand; Very Light Orange to Light Gray; Grain Size: Medium; Range: Very Fine to Course; Roundness: Angular to Subangular; Medium Sphericity; Unconsolidated; Accesory Minerals: Shell-10%, Heavy Minerals-01%; Fossils: Fossil Fragments, Mollusks;
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MN-09-BB
Sand; Very Light Orange to Light Gray; Grain Size: Fine; Range: Very Fine to Medium; Roundness: Angular to Subangular; Medium Sphericity; Unconsolidated; Accesory Minerals: Shell-03%, Heavy Minerals-02%; Fossils: Fossil Fragments;
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MN-11
Sand; Yellowish Gray to Moderate Gray; Grain Size: Fine; Range: Very Fine to Medium; Roundness: Angular to Subangular; Low Sphericity; Unconsolidated; Accesory Minerals: Shell-30%, Heavy Minerals-<1%; Other Features: Weathered; Fossils: Fossil Fragments, Mollusks;
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MN-12-SS
Sand; Yellowish Gray to Moderate Gray; Grain Size: Fine; Range: Very Fine to Medium; Roundness: Angular to Subangular; Low Sphericity; Unconsolidated; Accesory Minerals: Shell-40%, Heavy Minerals-01%; Other Features: Weathered; Fossils: Fossil Fragments;
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MN-12-BB
Shell Bed; Yellowish Gray to Moderate Dark Gray; Unconsolidated; Accesory Minerals: Quartz Sand-40%; Other Features: Weathered; Fossils: Fossil Fragments, Benthic Foraminifera; Archaias sp. (Phosphatized)
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MN-13-SS
Shell Bed; White to Moderate Gray; Unconsolidated; Accesory Minerals: Quartz Sand-35%, Heavy Minerals-02%; Fossils: Fossil Fragments, Mollusks, Barnacles, Echinoid, Bryozoa;
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MN-13-BB
Sand; White to Very Light Orange; Grain Size: Fine; Range: Very Fine to Medium; Roundness: Angular to Subangular; Medium Sphericity; Unconsolidated; Accesory Minerals: Shell-01%, Heavy Minerals-01%; Fossils: Fossil Fragments;
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MN-14-SS
Sand; Yellowish Gray to Moderate Gray; Grain Size: Fine; Range: Very Fine to Course; Roundness: Angular to Subangular; Medium Sphericity; Unconsolidated; Accesory Minerals: Shell-20%, Heavy Minerals-01%; Fossils: Fossil Fragments, Mollusks;
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MN-14-BB
Sand; Yellowish Gray to Moderate Gray; Grain Size: Fine; Range: Very Fine to Course; Roundness: Angular to Subangular; Medium Sphericity; Unconsolidated; Accesory Minerals: Shell-20%, Heavy Minerals-01%; Fossils: Fossil Fragments, Mollusks;
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MN-15-SS
Sand; Yellowish Gray to Moderate Gray; Unconsolidated; Accesory Minerals: Shell-35%, Heavy Minerals-<1%; Fossils: Fossil Fragments;
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MN-15-BB
Shell Bed; Yellowish Gray to Moderate Gray; Unconsolidated; Accesory Minerals: Quartz Sand-40%; Fossils: Fossil Fragments;
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