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Bits of shell, calcite and aragonite

But what else can we tell from observing?

The quartz grains are small, and very round

Even the dark grains are round-ish, if small

and the shell fragments, while flat, have rounded edges. What processes are involved? Watch the waves moving the sand

Fig 3.2b