Fossil Coral
Scleractinia (Fossilized Coral)
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Fossil Coral
Scleractinia (Fossilized Coral)
Crinoid Fossil
Crinoidea (Echinodermata)
Fossil Coral
Scleractinia / Rugosa (Silicified Coral)
Fossil Coral
Hexagonaria or Rugose Coral (Fossilized Calcium Carbonate / Silica)
Fossil Coral
Hexagonaria or Rugose coral fossil in limestone/silica matrix
Fossil Coral
Cnidaria fossil (often Calcium Carbonate / CaCO3)
Ammonite Fossil
Ammonoidea (primarily composed of Calcite, CaCO3, or Pyrite)
Brachiopod Fossil
Phylum Brachiopoda (Class Rhynchonellata)
Ammonite Fossil
Ammonoidea (Calcium carbonate - CaCO3)
Brachiopod Fossil
Phylum Brachiopoda (replaced by Calcite or Silica)
Ammonite Fossil
Ammonitida (Extinct subclass of Cephalopoda)
Calamites (Fossil)
Calamites sp. (Tracheophyta, Equisetopsida)
Bryozoan Fossil
Phylum Bryozoa (commonly known as 'moss animals')
Gastropod Fossil
Phylum Mollusca, Class Gastropoda (Calcium Carbonate, CaCO3)
Fossil Coral
Cnidaria Anthozoa (Fossilized)
Belemnoit Fossil (Sea Squid Fossil)
Belemnitida (Order within Cephalopoda)
Glacial erratic boulder, probably granite or granitic gneiss
Granite–gneiss; mainly quartz, feldspar, and mica
Fossilized Ray Barb (Stinger) Fragment
Myliobatiformes indet. (Fossil stingray spine)
Seashell Fossil
Invertebrate fossil (phylum Mollusca)
Fossil Coral
Scleractinia (Stony Coral) fossil
Fossil Coral
Rugosa or Tabulata coral fossil
Brachiopod Fossil
Phylum Brachiopoda
Fossil Coral
Hexagonaria / Rugosa / Scleractinia
Polished fossiliferous agate
Chalcedony (microcrystalline SiO₂), likely containing fossil coral or stromatoporoid structures
Weathered quartz-rich pebble
Likely quartzite or felsic granitoid fragment; predominantly SiO₂ quartz with minor feldspar and dark iron-bearing minerals
Fossiliferous Limestone
Biogenic Limestone (Calcium Carbonate, CaCO3)
Turritella Gastropod Fossil
Turritella (mollusk fossil in sedimentary matrix)
Trace Fossil (Lichenandites or Rhynie Chert Chert with Microfossils)
Trace fossil in microcrystalline quartz (SiO2)
Fossilized Bone Fragment
Vertebrate Fossil Material (Apatite/Calcium Phosphate)
Biotite granite (weathered granitic rock)
Granite; chiefly quartz (SiO₂), feldspar, and biotite mica
Light-colored carbonate pebble, likely limestone
Limestone; predominantly calcite (CaCO₃), possibly micritic or fossiliferous
Mixed beach-stone collection, primarily quartz-rich pebbles and possible fossils
Likely quartz (SiO₂), quartzite, chert, and carbonate rock; exact identification is uncertain from the image
Limestone
Limestone (Calcium Carbonate, CaCO3)
Fossiliferous Limestone containing a Brachiopod or Mollusk Impression
Biogenic Sedimentary Rock / Fossiliferous Limestone
Likely tumbled or polished fossil shell
Fossilized mollusk shell; exact species cannot be determined from this image
Echinoid Fossil (Sea Urchin Fossil)
Echinoidea (phylum Echinodermata), often preserved as Calcite (CaCO3)
Porous fossil fragment (possibly fossilized coral or shell)
Unidentified fossil carbonate; likely calcite/aragonite
Fossilized belemnite guard (likely)
Belemnitella or related belemnite; fossil calcite (CaCO₃)
Fossiliferous Limestone
CaCO3 (with biological inclusions)
Fossiliferous Limestone
Biogenic Sedimentary Rock (primarily CaCO3)
Limestone
CaCO3 (principally Calcite)
Limestone Pebble with Crinoid Fossil
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3) - Fossiliferous Limestone