| NOS |
|
| bl; bk | Black |
| Blds | Boulders |
| br | Brown |
| bu | Blue |
| ch | Chocolate |
| Cir | Cirripedia |
| Ck | Chalk |
| Cn | Cinders |
| Co Hd | Coral head |
| dec | Decayed |
| Di | Diatoms |
| dk | Dark |
| fly | Flinty |
| Fr | Foraminifera |
| Fu | Fucus |
| Gl | Globigerina |
| glac | Glacial |
| gn | Green |
| Grd | Ground |
| Grs | Grass |
| gty | Gritty |
| gy | Gray |
| K | Kelp |
| La | Lava |
| lrg | Large |
| lt | Light |
| Ma | Mattes |
| Mds | Madrepores |
| Ml | Marl |
| Mn | Manganese |
| Ms | Mussels |
| or | Orange |
| Oys | Oysters |
| Oz | Ooze |
| Pm | Pumice |
| Po | Polyzoa |
| Pt | Pteropods |
| Qz | Quartz |
| Rd | Radiolaria |
| rd | Red |
| rt | Rotten |
| Sc | Scoriae |
| Sch | Schist |
| sml | Small |
| Sn | Shingle |
| Spg | Sponge |
| Spi | Spicules |
| spk | Speckled |
| Stg | Sea-tangle |
| str | Streaky |
| T | Tufa |
| ten | Tenacious |
| unev | Uneven |
| vard | Varied |
| vi | Violet |
| Vol Ash | Volcanic ash |
| wh | White |
| yl | Yellow |
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