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Pasco County Descriptions

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Munsell Color Classifications (pdf)

PS-01-SS
Sand; Very Light Orange to Yellowish Gray; Grain Size: Fine; Range: Very Fine to Medium; Roundness: Angular to Subangular; Medium Sphericity; Unconsolidated; Accesory Minerals: Shell-02%, Heavy Minerals-01%; Fossils: Fossil Fragments, Mollusks;
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PS-01-BB
Sand; Very Light Orange; Grain Size: Fine; Range: Very Fine to Medium; Roundness: Angular to Subangular; Medium Sphericity; Unconsolidated; Accesory Minerals: Heavy Minerals-02%, Shell-01%, Plant Remains-<1%; Fossils: Fossil Fragments, Bryozoa;
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PS-02-SS
Sand; Very Light Orange; Grain Size: Fine; Range: Very Fine to Medium; Roundness: Angular to Subangular; Medium Sphericity; Unconsolidated; Accesory Minerals: Shell-02%, Heavy Minerals-01%; Fossils: Fossil Fragments; Possibly a Recrystalized Bryozoa present
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PS-02-BB
Sand; Very Light Orange; Grain Size: Fine; Range: Very Fine to Medium; Roundness: Angular to Subangular; Medium Sphericity; Unconsolidated; Accesory Minerals: Shell-01%, Heavy Minerals-<1%, Plant Remains-<1%; Fossils: Fossil Fragments;
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PS-03
Sand; Very Light Orange; Grain Size: Fine; Range: Very Fine to Medium; Roundness: Angular to Subangular; Medium Sphericity; Unconsolidated; Accesory Minerals: Shell-02%, Heavy Minerals-01%; Fossils: Fossil Fragments, Mollusks;
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PS-04-SS
Sand; Very Light Orange to Yellowish Gray; Grain Size: Fine; Range: Very Fine to Medium; Roundness: Angular to Subangular; Medium Sphericity; Unconsolidated; Accesory Minerals: Shell-02%, Heavy Minerals-01%; Fossils: Fossil Fragments, Mollusks;
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PS-04-B
Sand; Very Light Orange; Grain Size: Fine; Range: Very Fine to Medium; Roundness: Angular to Subangular; Medium Sphericity; Unconsolidated; Accesory Minerals: Heavy Minerals-03%, Shell-01%; Fossils: Fossil Fragments;
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PS-04-BB
Sand; Very Light Orange; Grain Size: Fine; Range: Very Fine to Medium; Roundness: Angular to Subangular; Medium Sphericity; Unconsolidated; Accesory Minerals: Heavy Minerals-07%, Shell-<1%; Fossils: Fossil Fragments;
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PS-05-SS
Sand; Very Light Orange to Yellowish Gray; Grain Size: Fine; Range: Very Fine to Medium; Roundness: Angular to Subangular; Medium Sphericity; Unconsolidated; Accesory Minerals: Heavy Minerals-02%, Shell-<1%; Fossils: Fossil Fragments;
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PS-05-BB
Sand; Very Light Orange; Grain Size: Fine; Range: Very Fine to Medium; Roundness: Angular to Subangular; Low Sphericity; Unconsolidated; Accesory Minerals: Heavy Minerals-03%, Shell-01%; Fossils: Fossil Fragments;
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PS-06-SS
Sand; Very Light Orange to Yellowish Gray; Grain Size: Fine; Range: Very Fine to Medium; Roundness: Angular to Subangular; Medium Sphericity; Unconsolidated; Accesory Minerals: Heavy Minerals-02%, Shell-01%; Fossils: Fossil Fragments;
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PS-06-BB
Sand; Very Light Orange; Grain Size: Fine; Range: Very Fine to Medium; Roundness: Angular to Subangular; Medium Sphericity; Unconsolidated; Accesory Minerals: Heavy Minerals-04%, Shell-<1%;
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PS-07
Sand; Very Light Orange to Light Olive Gray; Grain Size: Medium; Range: Very Fine to Medium; Roundness: Angular to Subangular; Medium Sphericity; Unconsolidated; Accesory Minerals: Shell-35%, Organics-01%; Fossils: Fossil Fragments, Mollusks;
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PS-08
Sand; Very Light Orange to Grayish Brown; Grain Size: Medium; Range: Very Fine to Medium; Roundness: Angular to Subangular; Medium Sphericity; Unconsolidated; Accesory Minerals: Organics-05%, Shell-02%, Heavy Minerals-01%; Fossils: Fossil Fragments, Plant Remains;
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PS-09
Sand; Very Light Orange to Grayish Brown; Grain Size: Medium; Range: Very Fine to Very Course; Roundness: Angular to Rounded; Medium Sphericity; Unconsolidated; Accesory Minerals: Plant Remains-10%;
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