By: magic-gigapans
License: Creative Commons Non Commercial ⧉

Uploaded: 1 Jul 2020
Last Updated: 1 Jul 2020

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They start as a tiny grain of calcium carbonate. As they roll and tumble in the waves, they gradually build up layer after layer of chemically precipitated calcium carbonate.