Coquina steps

Much of the garden area at Vizcaya is made from coquina. Coquina is made in nature of the shells of mollusks, trilobites, brachiopods, or other invertebrates. When mined, it takes 1-3 years to dry in order to be used for building. It is nearly indestructible, though, withstanding so much foot traffic with no sign of wear.

[Call me Joe]

Wonderful textures -very abstract too:)

[bkb in the city]

Looks nice

[Gena Pegg]

Very cool...love the textures and the commentary. Nicely captured.

[mittens (Marilyn)]

Great lines and textures.

[richard saffold]

is it still used?

[Danette Thompson]

@chard I don't think so. I'm not really sure how they "mined" it in the first place. I know that the fort in St. Augustine (hundreds of years old) also used the same stuff. You don't see anything "new" built with it. Might be protected?