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Sarasota County Descriptions

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SA-01-SS
Shell Bed; Yellowish Gray to Moderate Gray; Unconsolidated; Accesory Minerals: Quartz Sand-40%; Other Features: Weathered; Fossils: Fossil Fragments;
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SA-01-BB
Sand; White to Yellowish Gray; Grain Size: Fine; Range: Very Fine to Medium; Roundness: Angular to Subrounded; Medium Sphericity; Unconsolidated; Accesory Minerals: Shell-07%, Heavy Minerals-01%; Fossils: Fossil Fragments, Mollusks, Barnacles;
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SA-02
Sand; Yellowish Gray to Moderate Gray; Grain Size: Medium; Range: Fine to Medium; Roundness: Angular to Subrounded; Medium Sphericity; Unconsolidated; Accesory Minerals: Shell-35%; Other Features: Weathered; Fossils: Fossil Fragments;
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SA-03
Shell Bed; Yellowish Gray to Moderate Light Gray; Unconsolidated; Accesory Minerals: Quartz Sand-25%; Other Features: Weathered; Fossils: Fossil Fragments, Mollusks, Barnacles, Echinoid;
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SA-04-SS
Sand; Yellowish Gray to Light Gray; Grain Size: Fine; Range: Very Fine to Medium; Roundness: Angular to Subrounded; Medium Sphericity; Unconsolidated; Accesory Minerals: Shell-30%; Fossils: Fossil Fragments;
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SA-04-MB
Sand; Yellowish Gray to Moderate Gray; Grain Size: Fine; Range: Very Fine to Course; Roundness: Angular to Subrounded; Low Sphericity; Unconsolidated; Accesory Minerals: Shell-45%; Fossils: Fossil Fragments, Mollusks;
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SA-04-BB
Shell Bed; Yellowish Gray to Moderate Gray; Unconsolidated; Accesory Minerals: Quartz Sand-40%; Other Features: Weathered; Fossils: Fossil Fragments, Mollusks, Barnacles, Echinoid;
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SA-05-SS
Shell Bed; Yellowish Gray to Moderate Gray; Unconsolidated; Accesory Minerals: Quartz Sand-40%; Other Features: Weathered; Fossils: Fossil Fragments, Mollusks, Barnacles;
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SA-05-BB
Sand; Yellowish Gray to Moderate Light Gray; Grain Size: Fine; Range: Very Fine to Medium; Roundness: Angular to Subrounded; Low Sphericity; Unconsolidated; Accesory Minerals: Shell-35%, Heavy Minerals-<1%; Fossils: Fossil Fragments, Mollusks, Barnacles, Plant Remains;
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SA-06
Sand; Yellowish Gray to Light Gray; Grain Size: Fine; Range: Very Fine to Medium; Roundness: Angular to Subrounded; Medium Sphericity; Unconsolidated; Accesory Minerals: Shell-03%, Heavy Minerals-01%; Fossils: Fossil Fragments;
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SA-07
Sand; Yellowish Gray to Light Gray; Grain Size: Fine; Range: Very Fine to Medium; Roundness: Angular to Subrounded; Medium Sphericity; Unconsolidated; Accesory Minerals: Shell-05%, Heavy Minerals-<1%; Fossils: Fossil Fragments, Mollusks, Barnacles;
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SA-08-SS
Sand; Very Light Orange to Yellowish Gray; Grain Size: Fine; Range: Very Fine to Medium; Roundness: Angular to Subrounded; Medium Sphericity; Unconsolidated; Accesory Minerals: Shell-03%, Heavy Minerals-01%; Fossils: Fossil Fragments;
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SA-08-MB
Sand; Very Light Orange to Yellowish Gray; Grain Size: Fine; Range: Very Fine to Medium; Roundness: Angular to Subrounded; Medium Sphericity; Unconsolidated; Accesory Minerals: Shell-03%, Heavy Minerals-02%; Fossils: Fossil Fragments;
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SA-08-BB
Sand; Very Light Orange to Yellowish Gray; Grain Size: Fine; Range: Very Fine to Medium; Roundness: Angular to Subrounded; Low Sphericity; Unconsolidated; Accesory Minerals: Shell-05%, Heavy Minerals-02%; Fossils: Fossil Fragments, Echinoid, Plant Remains;
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SA-09-SS
Sand; Yellowish Gray; Grain Size: Fine; Range: Very Fine to Medium; Roundness: Angular to Subrounded; Low Sphericity; Unconsolidated; Accesory Minerals: Shell-04%, Heavy Minerals-01%; Fossils: Fossil Fragments, Mollusks, Echinoid;
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SA-09-MB
Sand; Yellowish Gray to Light Gray; Grain Size: Fine; Range: Very Fine to Medium; Roundness: Angular to Subrounded; Low Sphericity; Unconsolidated; Accesory Minerals: Shell-08%, Heavy Minerals-<1%; Fossils: Fossil Fragments, Mollusks, Barnacles;
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SA-09-BB
Shell Bed; Yellowish Gray to Light Gray; Unconsolidated; Accesory Minerals: Quartz Sand-40%, Heavy Minerals-<1%; Fossils: Fossil Fragments, Mollusks, Barnacles;
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SA-10-SS
Sand; Very Light Orange to Yellowish Gray; Grain Size: Fine; Range: Very Fine to Medium; Roundness: Angular to Subrounded; Medium Sphericity; Unconsolidated; Accesory Minerals: Shell-02%, Heavy Minerals-02%; Fossils: Fossil Fragments;
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SA-10-MB
Shell Bed; Yellowish Gray to Moderate Gray; Unconsolidated; Accesory Minerals: Quartz Sand-30%, Heavy Minerals-01%; Other Features: Weathered; Fossils: Fossil Fragments, Mollusks, Barnacles, Echinoid, Bryozoa; Phosphatized Shell Fragments (~40%)
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SA-10-BB
Sand; Yellowish Gray to Moderate Light Gray; Grain Size: Fine; Range: Very Fine to Medium; Roundness: Angular to Subrounded; Low Sphericity; Unconsolidated; Accesory Minerals: Shell-35%, Heavy Minerals-01%; Other Features: Weathered; Fossils: Fossil Fragments, Mollusks, Barnacles;
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SA-12-SS
Sand; Very Light Orange to Yellowish Gray; Grain Size: Fine; Range: Very Fine to Medium; Roundness: Angular to Subrounded; Medium Sphericity; Unconsolidated; Accesory Minerals: Shell-01%, Heavy Minerals-<1%; Fossils: Fossil Fragments;
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SA-12-MB
Sand; Very Light Orange to Yellowish Gray; Grain Size: Fine; Range: Very Fine to Medium; Roundness: Angular to Subrounded; Medium Sphericity; Unconsolidated; Accesory Minerals: Shell-01%, Heavy Minerals-01%; Fossils: Fossil Fragments;
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SA-12-BB
Shell Bed; Very Light Gray to Very Light Orange; Unconsolidated; Accesory Minerals: Shell-02%, Heavy Minerals-02%; Fossils: Fossil Fragments;
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SA-13-SS
Sand; Very Light Gray to Yellowish Gray; Grain Size: Fine; Range: Very Fine to Medium; Roundness: Angular to Subrounded; Medium Sphericity; Unconsolidated; Accesory Minerals: Shell-02%, Heavy Minerals-<1%; Fossils: Fossil Fragments;
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SA-13-MB
Sand; Very Light Gray to Very Light Orange; Grain Size: Fine; Range: Very Fine to Medium; Roundness: Angular to Subrounded; Medium Sphericity; Unconsolidated; Accesory Minerals: Shell-03%, Heavy Minerals-<1%; Fossils: Fossil Fragments, Mollusks; Percentage of shell Fragments from Larger Clam Shell in Sample
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SA-13-BB
Sand; Very Light Gray to Very Light Orange; Grain Size: Fine; Range: Very Fine to Medium; Roundness: Angular to Subrounded; Medium Sphericity; Unconsolidated; Accesory Minerals: Shell-01%, Heavy Minerals-01%; Fossils: Fossil Fragments;
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SA-14-SS
Sand; Very Light Orange to Yellowish Gray; Grain Size: Fine; Range: Very Fine to Medium; Roundness: Angular to Subrounded; Medium Sphericity; Unconsolidated; Accesory Minerals: Shell-01%, Heavy Minerals-<1%; Fossils: Fossil Fragments;
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SA-14-BB
Sand; Very Light Gray to Yellowish Gray; Grain Size: Fine; Range: Very Fine to Medium; Roundness: Angular to Subrounded; Medium Sphericity; Unconsolidated; Accesory Minerals: Shell-01%, Heavy Minerals-<1%; Fossils: Fossil Fragments;
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SA-16
Shell Bed; Yellowish Gray to Moderate Gray; Unconsolidated; Accesory Minerals: Quartz Sand-25%; Other Features: Weathered; Fossils: Fossil Fragments; Phosphatized Shell Fragments; Shell: Subrounded Sand-Sized
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SA-17-SS
Shell Bed; Yellowish Gray to Moderate Gray; Unconsolidated; Accesory Minerals: Quartz Sand-15%; Other Features: Weathered; Fossils: Fossil Fragments; Phosphatized Shell Fragments;
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SA-17-BB
Shell Bed; Yellowish Gray to Moderate Light Gray; Unconsolidated; Accesory Minerals: Quartz Sand-03%; Other Features: Weathered; Fossils: Fossil Fragments, Mollusks, Bryozoa, Plant Remains; Phosphatized Shell Fragments; Shells Sand-Sized
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SA-18-SS
Shell Bed; Very Light Orange to Moderate Gray; Unconsolidated; Accesory Minerals: Quartz Sand-05%; Other Features: Weathered; Fossils: Fossil Fragments, Mollusks, Barnacles;
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SA-18-BB
Shell Bed; Very Light Orange to Moderate Gray; Unconsolidated; Accesory Minerals: Quartz Sand-08%; Other Features: Weathered; Fossils: Fossil Fragments, Mollusks, Barnacles, Echinoid;
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SA-19
Shell Bed; Very Light Orange to Moderate Light Gray; Unconsolidated; Accesory Minerals: Quartz Sand-35%; Other Features: Weathered; Fossils: Fossil Fragments, Mollusks, Barnacles, Bryozoa, Echinoid;
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SA-20
Shell Bed; Very Light Orange to Light Brown; Unconsolidated; Accesory Minerals: Quartz Sand-03%; Fossils: Fossil Fragments, Mollusks, Barnacles; Large Shell Fragments; Phosphatized Bone/Tooth
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SA-21
Shell Bed; Very Light Orange to Grayish Orange Pink; Unconsolidated; Accesory Minerals: Quartz Sand-30%; Other Features: Weathered; Fossils: Fossil Fragments, Mollusks, Barnacles, Echinoid;
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SA-22
Shell Bed; White to Grayish Orange; Unconsolidated; Accesory Minerals: Quartz Sand-40%; Other Features: Weathered; Fossils: Fossil Fragments, Mollusks, Barnacles;
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SA-23-SS
Shell Bed; Yellowish Gray to Moderate Yellowish Brown; Unconsolidated; Accesory Minerals: Quartz Sand-25%; Other Features: Weathered; Fossils: Fossil Fragments, Mollusks, Barnacles;
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SA-23-BB
Shell Bed; Yellowish Gray to Grayish Brown; Unconsolidated; Accesory Minerals: Quartz Sand-45%; Other Features: Weathered; Fossils: Fossil Fragments, Mollusks, Barnacles;
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SA-24-SS
Shell Bed; Yellowish Gray to Grayish Orange; Unconsolidated; Accesory Minerals: Quartz Sand-10%; Other Features: Weathered; Fossils: Fossil Fragments, Mollusks, Barnacles;
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SA-24-BB
Sand; Yellowish Gray to Grayish Brown; Grain Size: Medium; Range: Very Fine to Very Course; Roundness: Angular to Subrounded; Low Sphericity; Unconsolidated; Accesory Minerals: Shell-45%; Other Features: Weathered; Fossils: Fossil Fragments, Mollusks;
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SA-25-SS
Shell Bed; Yellowish Gray to Grayish Brown; Unconsolidated; Accesory Minerals: Quartz Sand-40%; Other Features: Weathered; Fossils: Fossil Fragments, Mollusks, Barnacles;
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SA-25-BB
Shell Bed; Yellowish Gray to Grayish Brown; Unconsolidated; Accesory Minerals: Quartz Sand-40%, Heavy Minerals-02%; Other Features: Weathered; Fossils: Fossil Fragments, Mollusks, Barnacles, Echinoid;
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SA-26-SS
Shell Bed; Yellowish Gray to Moderate Light Gray; Unconsolidated; Accesory Minerals: Quartz Sand-35%; Fossils: Fossil Fragments, Bryozoa; Phosphatized Shell Fragments
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SA-26-BB
Shell Bed; Yellowish Gray to Moderate Light Gray; Unconsolidated; Accesory Minerals: Quartz Sand-05%; Other Features: Weathered; Fossils: Fossil Fragments, Mollusks, Barnacles;
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SA-27-SS
Shell Bed; Yellowish Gray to Moderate Gray; Unconsolidated; Accesory Minerals: Quartz Sand-10%; Other Features: Weathered; Fossils: Fossil Fragments, Bryozoa, Echinoid, Benthic Foraminifera; Archaias sp.
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SA-27-MB
Sand; Very Light Orange to Light Gray; Grain Size: Medium; Range: Fine to Very Course; Roundness: Angular to Subrounded; Low Sphericity; Unconsolidated; Accesory Minerals: Shell-45%, Heavy Minerals-05%; Fossils: Fossil Fragments, Mollusks, Barnacles, Echinoid, Bryozoa;
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SA-27-BB
Shell Bed; Yellowish Gray to Moderate Gray; Unconsolidated; Accesory Minerals: Quartz Sand-05%; Other Features: Weathered; Fossils: Fossil Fragments, Mollusks, Bryozoa, Echinoid;
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SA-28
Sand; Yellowish Gray to Moderate Dark Gray; Grain Size: Course; Range: Fine to Very Course; Roundness: Angular to Subrounded; Low Sphericity; Unconsolidated; Accesory Minerals: Shell-40%; Other Features: Weathered; Fossils: Fossil Fragments, Mollusks, Barnacles;
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SA-29-SS
Sand; Yellowish Gray to Dark Gray; Grain Size: Course; Range: Fine to Very Course; Roundness: Angular to Subrounded; Low Sphericity; Unconsolidated; Accesory Minerals: Shell-45%, Heavy Minerals-02%; Other Features: Weathered; Fossils: Fossil Fragments; Phosphatized Shell Fragments (~40%)
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SA-29-BB
Shell Bed; Yellowish Gray to Moderate Gray; Unconsolidated; Accesory Minerals: Quartz Sand-20%; Other Features: Weathered; Fossils: Fossil Fragments, Mollusks, Barnacles, Bryozoa, Plant Remains;
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SA-30
Shell Bed; Yellowish Gray to Dark Gray; Unconsolidated; Accesory Minerals: Quartz Sand-05%, Heavy Minerals-03%; Other Features: Weathered; Fossils: Fossil Fragments, Mollusks, Barnacles, Bryozoa, Echinoid; Phosphatized Shell Fragments (~40%)
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SA-31
Sand; Yellowish Gray to Moderate Light Gray; Grain Size: Fine; Range: Very Fine to Course; Roundness: Angular to Subrounded; Low Sphericity; Unconsolidated; Accesory Minerals: Shell-35%, Heavy Minerals-02%; Other Features: Weathered; Fossils: Fossil Fragments, Mollusks, Barnacles, Echinoid;
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SA-32-SS
Sand; Yellowish Gray to Moderate Dark Gray; Grain Size: Medium; Range: Fine to Very Course; Roundness: Angular to Subrounded; Low Sphericity; Unconsolidated; Accesory Minerals: Shell-25%, Heavy Minerals-15%; Other Features: Weathered; Fossils: Fossil Fragments, Mollusks, Barnacles; Heavies May Include Sand-Sized Phosphatized Shell Fragmts
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SA-32-BB
Sand; Yellowish Gray to Moderate Dark Gray; Grain Size: Medium; Range: Fine to Very Course; Roundness: Angular to Subrounded; Low Sphericity; Unconsolidated; Accesory Minerals: Shell-15%, Heavy Minerals-35%; Other Features: Weathered; Fossils: Fossil Fragments; Heavies May Include Sand-Sized Phosphatized Shell Fragmts
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SA-33-SS
Sand; Yellowish Gray to Moderate Dark Gray; Grain Size: Medium; Range: Fine to Very Course; Roundness: Angular to Subrounded; Low Sphericity; Unconsolidated; Accesory Minerals: Shell-40%, Heavy Minerals-05%; Other Features: Weathered; Fossils: Fossil Fragments, Mollusks, Barnacles, Echinoid; Phosphatized Shell Fragments (~40%)
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SA-33-BB
Sand; Yellowish Gray to Moderate Dark Gray; Grain Size: Medium; Range: Fine to Course; Roundness: Angular to Subrounded; Low Sphericity; Unconsolidated; Accesory Minerals: Shell-15%, Heavy Minerals-25%; Other Features: Weathered; Fossils: Fossil Fragments, Mollusks, Barnacles; Heavies May Include Sand-Sized Phosphatized Shell Fragmts
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SA-34-SS
Shell Bed; Very Light Orange to Moderate Dark Gray; Unconsolidated; Accesory Minerals: Quartz Sand-10%; Other Features: Weathered; Fossils: Fossil Fragments, Mollusks, Barnacles, Sharks Teeth, Bryozoa;
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SA-34-BB
Sand; Yellowish Gray to Moderate Dark Gray; Grain Size: Medium; Range: Fine to Course; Roundness: Angular to Rounded; Low Sphericity; Unconsolidated; Accesory Minerals: Shell-15%, Heavy Minerals-20%; Other Features: Weathered; Fossils: Fossil Fragments; Heavies May Include Sand-Sized Phosphatized Shell Fragmts
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SA-35-SS
Sand; Very Light Orange to Moderate Gray; Grain Size: Medium; Range: Fine to Course; Roundness: Angular to Subrounded; Low Sphericity; Unconsolidated; Accesory Minerals: Shell-20%, Heavy Minerals-10%; Other Features: Weathered; Fossils: Fossil Fragments; Heavies May Include Sand-Sized Phosphatized Shell Fragmts
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SA-35-BB
Sand; Very Light Orange to Moderate Dark Gray; Grain Size: Medium; Range: Fine to Course; Roundness: Angular to Subrounded; Low Sphericity; Unconsolidated; Accesory Minerals: Shell-15%, Heavy Minerals-15%; Other Features: Weathered; Fossils: Fossil Fragments; Heavies Include Sand-Sized Phosphatized Shell Fragmts
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SA-36
Sand; Yellowish Gray to Moderate Dark Gray; Grain Size: Medium; Range: Fine to Very Course; Roundness: Angular to Subrounded; Low Sphericity; Unconsolidated; Accesory Minerals: Shell-45%, Heavy Minerals-03%; Fossils: Fossil Fragments, Mollusks, Barnacles, Sharks Teeth, Bryozoa; Phosphatized Shell Fragmts and Sharks Teeth
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SA-37
Sand; Yellowish Gray to Moderate Gray; Grain Size: Medium; Range: Very Fine to Course; Roundness: Angular to Subrounded; Low Sphericity; Unconsolidated; Accesory Minerals: Shell-25%, Heavy Minerals-15%; Other Features: Weathered; Fossils: Fossil Fragments, Mollusks, Barnacles; Heavies Include Sand-Sized Phosphatized Shell Fragmts
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SA-38
Shell Bed; Very Light Orange to Moderate Dark Gray; Unconsolidated; Accesory Minerals: Quartz Sand-30%, Heavy Minerals-01%; Other Features: Weathered; Fossils: Fossil Fragments, Mollusks, Barnacles, Sharks Teeth; Phosphatized Shell Fragmts and Sharks Teeth (difficult to identify due to weathering
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SA-39
Sand; Very Light Orange to Moderate Gray; Grain Size: Medium; Range: Fine to Course; Roundness: Angular to Subrounded; Low Sphericity; Unconsolidated; Accesory Minerals: Shell-20%, Heavy Minerals-25%; Other Features: Weathered; Fossils: Fossil Fragments, Mollusks;
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