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Coquina is a sedimentary rock that is composed either wholly or almost entirely of the transported, abraded, and mechanically-sorted fragments of the shells of molluscs, trilobites, brachiopods, or other invertebrates
From Concha (Latin)+ Coquina(Spanish) +conch(English)= Couquina (mid 19th century)
Coarse Grained Rock, Opaque Rock
Harzburgite is a plutonic rock of the peridotite group consisting largely of orthopyroxene and olivine
From the name of a town in Harzburg, Germany
Durable Rock, Medium Hardness Rock
Coarse Grained Rock, Opaque Rock