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Definition of Coquina

Coquina
Coquina Co*qui"na, n. [Sp., shellfish, cockle.] A soft, whitish, coral-like stone, formed of broken shells and corals, found in the southern United States, and used for roadbeds and for building material, as in the fort at St. Augustine, Florida.

Meaning of Coquina from wikipedia

- Coquina (/koʊˈkiːnə/) is a sedimentary rock that is composed either wholly or almost entirely of the transported, abraded, and mechanically sorted fragments...
- different parts of the world. In the southeastern U.S. they are known as "coquina", a word that is also used for the hard limestone concretions of their...
- Coquina Beach is a beach in North Carolina, US, located in the Cape Hatteras National Seas****. It is located not far from the Wright Brothers National...
- The Liber de Coquina ("The book of cooking/cookery") is one of the oldest medieval cookbooks. Two codices that contain the work survive from the beginning...
- Wikimedia Commons has media related to Spanish Coquina Quarries. The Spanish Coquina Quarries are a historic site in St. Augustine Beach, Florida. They...
- Paul Gilmore purchased 40 acres (160,000 m2) of land where present day Coquina Beach is, with the intent to build a film colony named Paul Gilmore’s Oriental...
- Chalk China clay Cinder Clay Coal Construction aggregate (sand and gravel) Coquina Diabase Gabbro Granite Gritstone Gypsum Limestone Marble Ores Phosphate...
- first recorded recipe was set down in the early 14th-century Liber de Coquina (The Book of Cookery). It bore only a slight resemblance to the later traditional...
- later claimed to have "discovered" on the grounds a large cross made of coquina rock, ****erting it was placed there by Ponce de León himself. She continued...
- limits, while other communities on the island include St. Augustine Beach, Coquina Gables, Butler Beach, Crescent Beach, and Treasure Beach. Fort Matanzas...