Petoskey Stone
Hexagonaria percarinata
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Petoskey Stone
Hexagonaria percarinata
Shale
Shale (clastic sedimentary rock composed of silt and clay-sized particles)
Megalodon Shark Tooth Fossil
Otodus megalodon (fossilized in sedimentary matrix)
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (primarily SiO2)
Gastropod Steinkern (Fossilized Snail Cast)
Phylum Mollusca, Class Gastropoda (Commonly CaCO3 or SiO2 after replacement)
Fossiliferous Limestone
Biogenic Limestone (Calcium Carbonate, CaCO3)
Sand Dollar Fossil (Echinoidea)
Class Echinoidea (likely order Clypeasteroida), CaCO3 (Calcite)
Fossilized cylindrical shell or bone fragment
Indeterminate biogenic carbonate or phosphatic fossil; possible fragment of a tubular shell (e.g., scaphopod) or hollow bone
Glauconitic Sandstone
Glauconitic Sandstane (containing K,Na)(Fe3+,Al,Mg)2(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2)
Fossilized bivalve shell
Indeterminate fossil mollusk; likely a brachiopod or bivalve, originally calcite/aragonite (CaCO₃)
Coprolite
Fossilized Feces
Coral limestone / fossil coral
Calcitic fossil coral, commonly Scleractinia; CaCO₃
Fossiliferous Sandstone / Fossil Fragment
Fossiliferous Sedimentary Matrix with Indeterminate Fossil Material
Kambaba Jasper (Crocodile Jasper)
Stromatolite Fossil (Silicified Stromatolite / Quartz with Microfossils)
Rounded quartz-rich pebble
Probable arkosic sandstone or weathered quartzite; exact identification is uncertain from the image
Limestone with Fossil inclusions
Fossiliferous Limestone (CaCO3)
Fossilized bivalve or ammonite fragment
Calcareous fossil; likely a mollusk shell preserved as calcite (taxonomic identification uncertain)
Fossil coral (likely honeycomb or tabulate coral)
Fossilized colonial coral; possibly Favositidae (Favosites) or related tabulate coral
Fossilized bivalve shell in limestone
Calcitic fossil shell; likely an oyster or other rudist/bivalve (Bivalvia), preserved in carbonate rock
Fossiliferous Limestone
Fossiliferous Calcarenite (CaCO3)
Coquina or Fossiliferous Limestone
Biogenic Limestone (Calcite/Aragonite CaCO3)
Bivalve Fossil in Sedimentary Matrix
Fossiliferous Mudstone (Class: Bivalvia)
Fossiliferous Limestone with Brachiopod
Limestone (Calcium Carbonate, CaCO3) with Phylum Brachiopoda fossil
Coquina / Fossiliferous Limestone
Calcareous bioclastic sedimentary rock (CaCO3)
Limestone
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Fossilized coral or stromatoporoid
Calcitic fossil carbonate, possibly tabulate coral (order Favositida) or stromatoporoid
Fossilized Oyster Shell
Gryphaea or Exogyra (Family Ostreidae)
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (primarily Quartz/Chalcedony, SiO2)
Petrified Wood
Silicified wood (Quartz replacement of organic wood structure)
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (SiO2)
Amber
Fossilized tree resin
Fossilized Crinoid Stem
Crinoidea (Echinodermata)
Fossilized Bryozoan
Bryozoa
Stromatolite
Biogenic sedimentary rock
Petrified Wood
Silicified wood (Quartz / Chalcedony replacement of organic cellulose)
Petrified Wood / Fossilized Wood
Silicified Wood (Silicon Dioxide - SiO2)
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (primarily Chalcedony/Quartz, SiO2)
Petrified Wood
Silicified wood / Xylopal
Petrified Wood
Silicified wood (permineralized wood)
Petrified Wood and Mixed Rocks
Silicified Wood (SiO2)
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (mainly Quartz / SiO2)
Fossilized Shark Tooth (Megalodon or Carcharocles fragment)
Elasmobranchii (Fossilized tooth root / crown section)