Siderite Concretion
Ironstone (Siderite) Concretion, FeCO3
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Siderite Concretion
Ironstone (Siderite) Concretion, FeCO3
Fossil shell fragment (likely bivalve)
Bivalvia indeterminate; shell material chiefly aragonite or calcite (CaCO₃)
Weathered limestone
Micritic to fossiliferous limestone, chiefly calcite (CaCO₃)
Likely weathered petrified wood
Silicified wood, chiefly microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂) replacing wood tissue
Fossilized tooth, likely mammalian molar
Silicified or mineral-replaced mammalian tooth; exact taxon cannot be determined from the image
Polished stromatolite (likely fossilized microbial mat)
Fossil stromatolite; chiefly microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), commonly replacing carbonate
Fossil Shark Tooth (Sand Tiger Shark type)
Carcharias sp. (likely Odontaspis)
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (SiO2)
Turritella Agate
Elimia tenera silicified fossiliferous chalcedony
Marine invertebrate fossils (Brachiopods and Gastropods)
Phylum Brachiopoda and Class Gastropoda
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (SiO2)
Petrified Wood
Silicified wood (Quartz / Chalcedony replacement)
Fossilized Shark Tooth (Megalodon or Carcharocles species fragment)
Otodus megalodon / Carcharocles spp. (Apatite / Calcium Phosphate)
Fossilized Shell Fragment / Mother of Pearl
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3) - Aragonite/Calcite biomineral
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (SiO2)
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (SiO2)
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (Per mineral content: SiO2, Quartz/Chalcedony)
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (SiO2)
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (SiO2)
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (mainly Quartz/Chalcedony, SiO2)
Fossilized Coral
Rugosa / Tabulata coral fossils replaced by silica (Chalcedony/Quartz)
Fossilized Brachiopod or Gastropod
Phylum Brachiopoda / Phylum Mollusca
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (SiO2)
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (SiO2)
Rugose Coral (Horn Coral) Fossil in Limestone
Order Rugosa (commonly Grewingkia or Zaphrentis genus)
Fossilized Shark Tooth
Carcharocles sp. or Striatolamia sp. (Phosphate/Carbonate mineralized Hydroxyapatite)
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (primarily Chalcedony or Quartz, SiO2)
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (SiO2)
Fossiliferous Limestone
Fossiliferous Calclutite / Bio-calcarenite (CaCO3)
Fossil Coral (Rugose Coral Fragment)
Rugosa (extinct order of solitary and colonial corals)
Small marine shell fragment
Calcareous shell, primarily calcium carbonate (aragonite or calcite); exact taxon indeterminate
Fossilized bone fragment, possibly vertebra
Fossil bone (mineralized hydroxyapatite; exact taxon indeterminate)
Fossiliferous limestone
Calcite-rich carbonate rock; chiefly CaCO₃ (often bioclastic limestone)
Fossil ammonite fragment
Ammonoidea (likely a small heteromorph or coiled ammonite; exact genus indeterminate)
Petrified Wood
Silicified wood (Quartz/Chalcedony replacement of organic matter)
Fossilized Brachiopod Shell / Mold
Phylum Brachiopoda (Fossilized organic matrix replaced by Silica/Calcite)
Shark Tooth Fossil
Carcharocles megalodon or similar extinct shark tooth
Tumbled fossil-bearing limestone (likely crinoid or shell fragment)
Fossil carbonate; predominantly calcite (CaCO₃)
Fossilized Coral (Petoskey Stone / Favosites)
Hexagonaria percarinata / Favosites sp. (Calcite, CaCO3)
Fossiliferous Limestone
Limestone (Calcium Carbonate) with Fossil Inclusions
Weathered limestone
Calcite-rich carbonate rock, primarily CaCO₃
Fossilized Coral (Petoskey-like or Favosites)
Anthozoa (Fossilized Coral)