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COQUINA AT PT. MUGU

This is a good family outing for the summer season as it is right
on the beach and there is a camping area nearby if you wish to
stay over.

TYPE OF MATERIAL FOUND Coquina (a limestone containing pieces
of broken shells or coral).

DESCRIPTION OF MATERIAL This coquina occurs -as tan to brown
and charcoal gray pieces.· Some chunks contain only a single
shell or two and others have a dense, compact assortment (-the
latter considered the most desirable). Beautiful bookends,
spheres, pen bases and jewelry can be made from the material
found here.

EQUIPMENT NEEDED As some of these rocks occur as large boulders
too big to carry, you may find a heavy sledge hammer handy for
breaking them down to carrying size.

HOW TO _GET THERE Take Ventura Freeway northbound toward Ventura. ·
After you pass through Camarillo, keep on look out for turnoff
to Pt. Mugu/Oxnard A.F.B. (Las Posas Road). Take this offramp
and proceed south on Las Posas Road 7.3 miles over bridge cross-
ing Pacific Coast Highway. Turn left onto Pacific Coast Highway,
toward Santa Monica . Go 2.7 miles, passing Mugu Lagoon on right,
to road cut. From road cut t ravel 1.2 miles and park on wide
shoulder. (There is a camping area a short distance farther.)
The coquina is found among the rocks scattered along the water's
edge, the best coming from the rocky stretch west of the wide
beach area.

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