Petrified Wood (Silicified Wood)
Silicified fossil wood (SiO2)
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Petrified Wood (Silicified Wood)
Silicified fossil wood (SiO2)
Fossilized Shark Tooth (Partial)
Elasmobranchii (fossil tooth fragment)
Amber
Succiniferous fossil resin (C10H16O)
Fossilized Turritella Gastropod (Internal Mold)
Turritella (Fossil Gastropod Crust)
Amber
Succiniferous fossil resin (C10H16O)
Amber
Succiniferous fossil resin (C10H16O)
Fossiliferous Limestone
Fossiliferous Calcite (CaCO3)
Fossil Shell in Sedimentary Matrix
Bivalvia (fossil) in Calcium Carbonate Matrix
Fossilized Crinoid Stem Segment
Crinoid (Phylum Echinodermata, Class Crinoidea)
Echinoid Fossil (Sea Urchin Fossil)
Echinoidea (phylum Echinodermata), often preserved as Calcite (CaCO3)
Petrified Wood
Silicified Paleoxylon (SiO2)
Dinosaur Bone (Gembone)
Petrified Dinosaur Bone (Apatite/Silica replacement)
Gastropod Fossil (Snail Internal Mold)
Gastropoda; internal mold (steinkern), often composed of Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3) or Silica (SiO2)
Fossilized Coral (Petoskey Stone / Favosites)
Favosites (extinct genus of tabulate coral)
Petrified Wood
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) - Calcified / Silicified Wood
Favosites Fossil (Honeycomb Coral)
Favosites (Extinct genus of Tabulate Coral)
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (primarily Quartz/Chalcedony, formula SiO2)
Horn Coral Fossil
Rugosa (Order Rugosa)
Fossilized Shark Tooth (Scapanorhynchus)
Scapanorhynchus texanus
Crinoid Fossil Stem Segment
Class Crinoidea (Echinodermata)
Fossil Coral
Cnidaria fossil (often Calcium Carbonate / CaCO3)
Ironstone (likely siderite or goethite-rich siltstone)
Ferruginous Siltstone
Chert (Nodule)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Fossil Shark Tooth
Otodus sp. or Carcharocles sp. (likely fossilized Chondrichthyes)
Belemnoit Fossil (Thunderstick)
Belemnitida (Internal rostrum)
Bivalve Fossil (Clam)
Class Bivalvia, likely Mercenaria or similar genus
Horn Coral Fossil
Order Rugosa
Fossilized Echinoid (Sea Urchin)
Echinoidea (Class), often found as calcitic fossils
Fossil Coral
Cnidaria Anthozoa (Fossilized)
Sandstone
Sandstone (clastic sedimentary rock)
Sandstone
Arenite
Sandstone (Ferruginous)
Clastic Sedimentary Rock (Sandstone)
Limestone
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Sandstone with Quarzite clasts
Arenite (SiO2 based)
Sandstone (likely Quartzose Sandstone)
Arenite (primarily SiO2)
Sandstone with Iron Oxide Staining
Arenite with Limonite/Hematite alteration
Sandstone
Arenite (SiO2 principal component)
Sandstone
Arenite (primarily SiO2)
Sandstone (Quartzose Sandstone)
Clastic Sedimentary Rock (primarily SiO2 with Fe2O3 staining)
Marble
Recrystallized Calcite / Dolomite (CaCO3)
Sandstone (with carbonaceous plant fragments)
Arenite (composed primarily of SiO2)
Sandstone
Arenite