Sandstone
Arenite (composed primarily of SiO2)
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Sandstone
Arenite (composed primarily of SiO2)
Fossilized tooth fragment
Likely a mammalian molar or tooth fragment; exact animal cannot be determined from the image
Fossiliferous Limestone with Brachiopod
Phylum Brachiopoda in Sedimentary Matrix (CaCO3)
Fossil Shark Tooth
Odontaspididae indet. (likely Sand Tiger Shark tooth)
Silicified Snail Fossil
Gastropod (likely replaced by Chalcedony/Quartz - SiO2)
Sandstone
Arenite (SiO2 based)
Sandstone (Ferruginous)
Clastic sedimentary rock (SiO2 with Fe2O3)
Sandstone Pebbles
Arenite
Seashell (Cone Snail Shell)
Conus sp. (Calcium Carbonate, CaCO3)
Sandstone
Arenite (Siliclastic sedimentary rock)
Fossiliferous Limestone
Bioclastic Limestone (Calcium Carbonate, CaCO3)
Fossiliferous Limestone
Fossiliferous Carbonate Rock (CaCO3)
Sandstone (with Iron Staining)
Arenite
Sandstone
Arenite (SiO2 primarily)
Sandstone (Quartzose)
Arenite (primarily SiO2)
Sandstone
Arenite (primarily SiO2)
Sandstone
Arenite (SiO2 primarily)
Sandstone (Ferruginous)
Arenite with Iron Oxide cement
Coarse Sandstone
Arenite (SiO2 based)
Sandstone
Arenite (SiO2 dominant)
Limestone
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Fossiliferous Limestone (Crinoidal Limestone)
Bioclastic grainstone (CaCO3)
Fossilized Bored Limestone
Limestone with Ichnofossils (Gastrochaenolites or Entobia)
Sandstone Geode
Sedimentary Geode (Silica/Calcite composition)
Fossilized coral or carbonate fossil fragment
Calcareous fossil, likely colonial coral (order Hexacorallia; uncertain from image)
Coquina or Fossiliferous Limestone
Fossiliferous Calcarenite (CaCO3)
Fossil gastropod (snail shell)
Fossilized gastropod; original shell likely aragonite or calcite (CaCO₃), now partly mineral-replaced
Polished fossil ammonite slice
Ammonoidea (commonly polished juvenile ammonite or nautiloid-like cephalopod fossil)
Coral Fossil (Fossilized Coral)
Hexagonaria or similar rugose/tabulate coral fossil (Calcium Carbonate, CaCO3)
Weathered fossiliferous limestone
Calcitic limestone, primarily calcium carbonate (CaCO₃), possibly containing fossil fragments
Fossil Shark Tooth
Carcharocles or Lamniformes (order)
Coral Fossil (Scleractinia)
Scleractinia (Order), primarily CaCO3 (Aragonite or Calcite)
Fossil tooth, likely shark tooth
Likely fossilized shark tooth (possibly a small lamniform shark; exact taxon cannot be confirmed from the image)
Fossilized shell or bone fragment
Indeterminate biogenic calcite or apatite fossil
Fossil fish impression or partial fish fossil
Indeterminate fossilized fish; likely compressed vertebrate remains in sedimentary rock
Fossiliferous Limestone (Coquina-like)
Biogenic Limestone
Crinoid and Coral Fossils in Limestone
Fossiliferous Limestone with Rugosa (order) and Crinoidea (class)
Weathered sandstone fragment
Quartz-rich sandstone (compositionally uncertain)
Sandstone/Quartzite
Sedimentary Rock (composed mainly of SiO2)
Petoskey Stone
Favosites alpenensis
Limestone
Calcium carbonate (CaCO3)
Sandstone (with potential Concretion or Fossil fragment)
Arenite (primarily SiO2)