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IN the best books on geology one finds that the formation of coral sand is attributed to trituration by the force of the surf, the waste of shells and minute globigerinæ, and even to the droppings of those fishes which are said to browse upon the living coral.
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MUNRO, J. On the Formation of Coral Sand. Nature 13, 510–511 (1876). https://doi.org/10.1038/013510b0
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