Fossiliferous Limestone or Mudstone
Sedimentary Rock with Invertebrate Fossils
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Fossiliferous Limestone or Mudstone
Sedimentary Rock with Invertebrate Fossils
Coarse-grained mafic igneous rock, likely gabbro
Gabbro; chiefly calcium-rich plagioclase feldspar and pyroxene, with possible olivine and amphibole
Weathered dark igneous rock fragment
Likely basalt or andesite; exact identification is uncertain from the photograph
Fossilized Shell Fragment
Bivalvia or Gastropoda (Class) fragment
Fossilized Oyster Shell
Gryphaea or Exogyra (Family Ostreidae)
Fossiliferous Limestone with Crinoid stems
Calcite-rich Biogenic Sedimentary Rock (CaCO3)
Fossil Coral
Anthozoa fossil (Calcite / SiO2 replacement)
Biotite granite (weathered)
Granite, primarily quartz (SiO₂), feldspar, and biotite mica
Tumbled gabbro (likely larvikite or related mafic rock)
Coarse-grained mafic intrusive rock; chiefly plagioclase feldspar, pyroxene, and minor biotite/amphibole
Fossiliferous limestone
Bioclastic limestone, composed mainly of calcite (CaCO₃)
Weathered granite or granitic gneiss
Quartz–feldspar–mica aggregate; possibly deformed granitic gneiss
Polished/tumbled pale gray stone, likely quartz-rich river pebble
Probably quartzite or microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂); exact identification requires testing
Fossil ammonite
Ammonoidea; likely a chambered ammonite mold/cast
Fossil brachiopod
Brachiopoda; likely a spiriferid or strophomenid brachiopod
Fossil ammonite
Ammonoidea; likely a chambered ammonite mold/cast
Ammonite fossil
Fossilized ammonoid cephalopod; likely an involute ammonite, exact genus/species indeterminate
Ammonite fossil
Fossilized ammonoid cephalopod; likely an indeterminate Jurassic–Cretaceous ammonite
Fossil Coral
Scleractinia or Anthozoa (Fossilized)
Triceratops Fossil
Triceratops horridus
Ammonite Fossil
Ammonoidea (subclass)
Brachiopod Fossil
Phylum Brachiopoda
Orthoceras fossil
Orthoceras regulare (Cephalopoda, Orthocerida)
Coral Fossil
Anthozoa (order Scleractinia)
Orthoceras Fossil
Orthoceras sp. (Extinct genus of nautiloid cephalopod)
Ammonite fossil
Ammonoidea; likely a polished small ammonite, possibly Cleoniceras
Bivalve Fossil
Bivalvia (Phylum Mollusca)
Ammonite fossil
Fossilized ammonoid cephalopod, commonly classified within Ammonoidea
Brachiopod Fossil
Phylum Brachiopoda (likely Order Rhynchonellida or Spiriferida)
Orthoceras Fossil
Orthoceras regulare (Extinct Cephalopod)
Fossil Coral
Coral Limestone (a type of biogenic sedimentary rock)
Belemnite Fossil
Belemnitida (Order of extinct cephalopods)
Belemnite Fossil
Belemnitida (extinct order of Cephalopods)
Fossil Coral
Scleractinia (Anthos), primarily Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Ammonite Fossil
Ammonoidea (typically preserved as Calcite CaCO3 or Pyrite FeS2)
Goniatite Fossil
Goniatitida (Order), fossilized in limestone/calcite (CaCO3)
Fossil Coral
Fossilized Scleractinia or Tabulata (various genera/species)
Coral Fossil
Scleractinia (Fossilized Coral)
Seashell Fossil
Invertebrate Bivalve / Gastropod Fossil (Calcium Carbonate, CaCO3)
Seashell Fossil
Mollusca (Bivalvia)
Fossil Coral
Rugosa or Tabulata / Hexacorallia (replaced with silica or calcite)
Ammonite Fossil
Ammonoidea
Flint with Fossil
Silicon dioxide (SiO2) microcrystalline quartz with fossiliferous inclusions