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World Sands Collection
Sand pit (No.1) in Le Quiou, Bretagne, Cotes-d'Armor, France
This fossil sand is from a layer that formed at 15 million years ago.  It is coarse sand (1.2mm or less in diameter) mixed with silt.  It consists of mostly seashells and coral with a few grains of quartz.
one scale for 1mm
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