Sample 6 - Kure Beach, North Carolina

 

Army Corps. of Engineers

 

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Sand sample number 6 is from Kure Beach, NC and is basically tan with orange, black and white tiny pieces in and on its surface. The angularity of the individual particles is subangular. The entire sample is moderately sorted. One of the most outstanding physical characteristic of the sand is that the sand has many small pieces of shell on and it the sand particles and the shells are many different colors.

 

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