This stone is a cut block of Coquina. It is a natural sedimentary rock that forms along the east coast of Florida. We are rock-challenged in Florida. There's sand everywhere, but real rocks are mostly limited to chalky limestone of various grades and this unique shellstone.
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Coquina stone contains fragments of shell and sand which protrude from the surface. Raw coquina stone from a quarry looks similar to a clump of sand tightly packed with tiny shells and larger shell fragments.
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Coquina - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Coquina (Spanish, "cockle"; pronounced /koʊˈkiːnə/ ) is an incompletely consolidated sedimentary rock. Coquina was formed in association with marine reefs and is a variety of "coral rag", techn...
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Coquina is soft and easy to cut in the ground, but it hardens when exposed to the open air, making the stone suitable for building. ... Coquina rock is the product of sedimentary formations that underlie much of Florida's Atlantic shore. Coquina is a mixture of shell fragments and quartz grains held together by...
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By ZIMNY, MICHAEL; Publication: Florida Trend; Date: Sunday, July 1 2001; ... ONE OF FLORIDA'S OLDEST BUILDING MATERIALS, COQUINA WAS USED FOR EVERYTHING FROM FORTS TO BANDSHELLS. ... Coquina is a soft, porous stone, a mixture of mollusk shell fragments and quartz sand, bound toget...
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As the soft stone was exposed to air, it hardened. The Spanish waterproofed coquina stone with plaster and paint, so the coarse rock structures you see today, such as the Castillo de San Marcos and city gates, would have looked more refined.
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