Coal
Bituminous Coal / Anthracite
Category
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Coal
Bituminous Coal / Anthracite
Petrified Wood
Silicified wood (Quartz replacement, SiO2)
Fossilized Coral
Rugosa or Tabulate Coral Fossil (Replacement by Silica/Calcite)
Fossilized Coral
Rugose coral / Tabulate coral fossil in limestone matrix
Fossilized Sand Dollar
Echinoidea (Clypeasteroida)
Fossilized Bone / Dinosaur Fossil
Fossilized vertebrate bone (permineralized)
Petrified Wood
Silicified wood (SiO2 - Silicon Dioxide)
Fossilized Shark Tooth
Carcharhinus sp. (likely Bull or Requiem shark family)
Fossilized Tiger Shark Tooth
Galeocerdo cuvier (fossilized hydroxylapatite)
Fossil Shell Fragment (possibly Brachiopod or Bivalve)
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3) - Phylum Brachiopoda or Mollusca
Fossilized Sea Urchin (Echinoid)
Echinoidea (Class) - likely replaced by Calcite or Quartz
Petoskey Stone
Hexagonaria percarinata (Fossilized Rugose Coral)
Tumbled Stone Collection (Fluorite, Sodalite, Moss Agate, Amethyst/Charoite, and Grey Agate)
Silica (SiO2) and Calcium Fluoride (CaF2) based minerals
Fossilized Favosites (Honeycomb Coral)
Favosites (extinct genus of tabulate coral)
Trilobite Fossil (Flexicalymene)
Flexicalymene ouzregui
Weathered limestone or calcitic fossil fragment
Calcite-rich carbonate rock; primarily CaCO₃
Weathered limestone or calcareous sandstone
Calcitic carbonate rock, likely limestone (CaCO₃), possibly slightly dolomitic
Sandstone with Brachiopod Mold Fossil
Sedimentary rock (Sandstone) with indeterminate Brachiopod mold
Turritella Agate (Fossiliferous Chert)
Silicified Elimia tenera (Fossiliferous Chalcedony)
Fossilized Coral / Fossiliferous Limestone
Anthozoa fossil in Limestone (CaCO3)
Fossiliferous Limestone with Crinoid Stem
Sedimentary Rock with Crinoidea Fossil
Fossil Assortment and Geological Specimens
Various (including Ammonoidea)
Fossiliferous limestone
Bioclastic carbonate rock, primarily calcite (CaCO₃), containing fossil shell fragments and molds
Limestone countertop or floor tile
Calcite-rich limestone, composed mainly of calcium carbonate (CaCO₃)
Polished fossil-bearing shale or mudstone
Fossiliferous carbonaceous mudstone/shale; visible fossils may be bivalves or ammonites, but species cannot be confirmed from the image
Orthoceras Fossil in Limestone
Orthoceras (extinct genus of cephalopods) in Carboniferous or Devonian Limestone
Polished fossiliferous limestone, likely fossil shell fragment
Calcite-rich limestone (CaCO₃), possibly bioclastic/coquina limestone
Fossilized Shell or Coral Fragment in Matrix
Invertebrate Fossil in Sedimentary Rock
Amber
Succiniferous fossil resin (C10H16O)
Worn River Pebble with Fossil Indentation
Sedimentary Rock with Fossil Infill
Fossilized Bone
Permineralized Bone (Vertebrate Fossil)
Fossilized Bone
Vertebrate fossil (mineralized bone)
Amber with Inclusion
Succiniferous fossil resin (C10H16O)
Fossilized Shark Tooth (Partial)
Elasmobranchii (fossil tooth fragment)
Amber
Succiniferous fossil resin (C10H16O)
Petrified Wood (Silicified Wood)
Silicified fossil wood (SiO2)
Fossilized Turritella Gastropod (Internal Mold)
Turritella (Fossil Gastropod Crust)
Amber
Succiniferous fossil resin (C10H16O)
Amber
Succiniferous fossil resin (C10H16O)
Crinoid Stem Fossil in Limestone
Crinoidea (class) in Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3) matrix
Echinoid Fossil (Commonly called a Sea Urchin or Heart Urchin)
Phylum Echinodermata, Class Echinoidea
Fossiliferous Limestone
Biogenic Sedimentary Rock (primarily CaCO3)