Sandstone (Quartzose Sandstone)
Clastic Sedimentary Rock (primarily SiO2 with Fe2O3 staining)
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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
Fossilized Brachiopod Shell / Mold
Phylum Brachiopoda (Fossilized organic matrix replaced by Silica/Calcite)
Amber
Succiniferous fossil resin (C10H16O)
Fossiliferous Shale or Slate with Plant Fossils
Fossil-bearing argillaceous rock
Fossiliferous Limestone
Limestone with fossil inclusions (CaCO3)
Kambaba Jasper
Rhyolite (with Stromatolite fossil inclusions)
Fossilized Shark Tooth (Sand Tiger)
Carcharias taurus (fossil specimen)
Amber (specifically Burmese Amber or Burmite)
Succiniferous fossil resin (C10H16O)
Fossiliferous Shale
Laminated Mudrock with plant fossils
Petrified Wood
Silicified wood (Quartz pseudomorph after wood)
Fossiliferous Limestone
Fossiliferous Limestone (Sedimentary Rock)
Fossilized Echinoid (Sea Urchin)
Echinoidea (Class), often found as calcitic fossils
Fossiliferous Limestone
Biomicrite / Fossiliferous Limestone (CaCO3)
Spinosaurid Dinosaur Tooth
Spinosaurus aegyptiacus (fossilized)
Fossiliferous Limestone (Pink/Red)
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3) with Bioclasts
Fossiliferous Limestone
Bioclastic Limestone (CaCO3)
Fossil Shark Tooth
Carcharadon sp. (likely Carcharodon carcharias or similar Lamniformes)
Fossiliferous Limestone
Calcium Carbonate - CaCO3
Favosites Fossil (Honeycomb Coral)
Favosites goldfussi / Order Tabulata
Siderite Concretion
Ironstone (Siderite) Concretion, FeCO3
Crinoid Marble
Crinoidal Limestone/Marble
Jasper (likely Kambaba or Crocodile Jasper variety)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with inclusions
Slate with Fossiliferous Impressions
Metamorphosed Argillaceous Rock (Fossiliferous Slate)
Ferruginous Sandstone Concretion (Ironstone Phosphorite)
Ferruginous Sandstone (variable Fe-oxide/hydroxide composition)
Fossiliferous Limestone
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3) with Biogenic Inclusions
Fossiliferous Rock (likely Dinosaur Fossil in Matrix)
Permineralized Vertebrate Fossil (Calcium Carbonate/Silica replaced bone material)
Petoskey Stone
Hexagonaria percarinata (Fossilized colonial coral)
Fossiliferous Limestone
Bioclastic Limestone (composition: CaCO3)
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (SiO2)
Fossiliferous Limestone
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3) with Bioclasts
Amber
Succinite (Resinite)
Megalodon Tooth
Otodus megalodon
Trilobite Pygidium (Tail Segment)
Phylum Arthropoda, Class Trilobita (likely order Phacopida)
Petoskey Stone
Hexagonaria percarinata (Fossilized Rugose Coral)
Chert (Fossiliferous)
Silicon dioxide (SiO2)
Gastropod Steinkern (Internal Mold Fossil)
Gastropoda (Class); Internal mold or 'Steinkern' composed of Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3) or Sedimentary matrix
Fossil Shark Tooth (Otodus obliquus)
Otodus obliquus; hydroxyapatite (mineralized form Ca5(PO4)3(OH))
Fossiliferous Limestone
Bioclastic Limestone (CaCO3)
Crinoid Stem Fossil
Crinoidea (Class) - Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)