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Laterite rock is a type of Sedimentary rock which is rich in iron and aluminium, formed in hot and wet tropical areas
India
Francis Buchanan-Hamilton
From Latin later brick, tile + -ite1
Sedimentary Rocks
Durable Rock, Soft Rock
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Fine Grained Rock, Opaque Rock
 
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
European Foreland Basins
Unknown
From Concha (Latin)+ Coquina(Spanish) +conch(English)= Couquina (mid 19th century)
Sedimentary Rocks
Durable Rock, Soft Rock
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Coarse Grained Rock, Opaque Rock