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The Anastasia
Formation is composed of Pleistocene interbedded sands and
coquinoid limestones. The most recognized form of the Anastasia
is an orangish brown coquina consisting of whole and fragmented
mollusk shells in a matrix of sand, cemented by calcite. Coquina
has been used as a building stone in Florida for over 400 years.
It is found at land surface along the east coast from St. Johns
to Palm Beach Counties, and may occur up to twenty miles inland
from the coast in the subsurface. Excellent exposures occur at
Washington Oaks State Park, in Flagler County, at the House of
Refuge on Hutchinson Island in Martin County, at Blowing Rocks
Preserve in Palm Beach County, and along Country Club Road in
Palm Beach County.
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