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Snail-cavities in Stones

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REFERRING to Mr. E. W. Swanton's letter in NATURE of March 20, may I point out that the Agglestone rock is a sandstone composed of quartz grains bound together by a ferruginous cement.

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CARUS-WILSON, C. Snail-cavities in Stones. Nature 91, 112 (1913). https://doi.org/10.1038/091112b0

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