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About Coquina
How do
you pronounce it?
co KEY nah
What is it?
1. Coquinas are small clams of the genus Donax. They are about 3/4 inch long and can be found in a variety of colors from almost white to pink, red, green, blue, mauve and purple. The colors are usually banded and striped. Coquinas can be found burrowing in a sandy beach. They can be glimpsed when waves wash away the sand and briefly expose the coquinas before they burrow back under the surface.
2. A loose grained limestone containing shells. Coquina limestone was a common building material used in European settlements along the Florida coast and Mexico. The Castillo de San Marcos is constructed of coquina limstone.
co KEY nah
What is it?
1. Coquinas are small clams of the genus Donax. They are about 3/4 inch long and can be found in a variety of colors from almost white to pink, red, green, blue, mauve and purple. The colors are usually banded and striped. Coquinas can be found burrowing in a sandy beach. They can be glimpsed when waves wash away the sand and briefly expose the coquinas before they burrow back under the surface.
2. A loose grained limestone containing shells. Coquina limestone was a common building material used in European settlements along the Florida coast and Mexico. The Castillo de San Marcos is constructed of coquina limstone.