Limestone with Gastropod Fossil
Sedimentary Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3) with Gastropoda inclusion
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Limestone with Gastropod Fossil
Sedimentary Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3) with Gastropoda inclusion
Fossiliferous Limestone Pebble
Calcite-rich Fossiliferous Marine Limestone
Fossiliferous Limestone with Rugose Coral
Lithostrotionella (Limestone Matrix - CaCO3)
Fossiliferous Limestone / Coral Fossil
Fossiliferous Limestone with Anthozoa (Coral) fossil
Petrified Wood / Fossilized Bone
Silicified / Mineralized Fossil (Silica SiO2)
Fossiliferous Limestone
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3) with marine fossils
Fossiliferous Flint
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2) with Echinoid Fossil
Rounded granitic cobble
Granite, composed mainly of quartz, potassium feldspar, plagioclase, and mica
Likely limestone or calcareous fossil fragment
Calcite-rich carbonate rock; possibly bioclastic limestone (CaCO₃)
Fossilized Shark Tooth (Fragment)
Elasmobranchii gen. et sp. indet. (Calcium Phosphate / Apatite fossil)
Fossiliferous Limestone
Biogenic Sedimentary Rock (Calcium Carbonate, CaCO3)
Likely fossiliferous limestone or dolostone
Micritic limestone, chiefly calcite (CaCO₃), possibly dolomitized; apparent fossil or stylolitic markings
Limestone with Fossil Inclusion
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Likely polished/tumbled fossil shell or concretion
Indeterminate; possibly a fossil bivalve or gastropod in mineralized matrix
Coral Skeleton (Scleractinia)
Aragonite (CaCO3) biomineralisation within Anthozoa
Fossilized Shark Tooth
Chondrichthyes (Class)
Porrphyritic pink granite (weathered)
Granite, commonly composed of quartz, alkali feldspar, plagioclase, and biotite/hornblende
Rounded dark volcanic rock, likely basalt
Basalt, a fine-grained mafic volcanic rock composed mainly of plagioclase feldspar and pyroxene, with possible olivine
Fossiliferous limestone
Calcitic limestone, predominantly CaCO₃ (calcite), with possible shell or coral fossils
Knightia Fossil in Limestone
Knightia eocaena in micritic limestone
Fossil-bearing limestone
Bioclastic limestone, chiefly calcite (CaCO₃), with embedded bivalve or brachiopod fossils
Sandstone concretion
Arenite sedimentary rock (concretion/nodule)
Fossil coral or stromatoporoid fragment
Likely fossilized colonial coral; exact taxon indeterminate from image
Polished fossiliferous limestone, possibly ammonite-bearing
Calcite-rich limestone (CaCO₃), with fossil shell material
Fossiliferous Limestone
Biogenic Sedimentary Rock / CaCO3 with fossil fragments
Fossilized Shark Tooth
Otodus sp. (approximate genus) / Hydroxyapatite fossil
Dinosaur Claw (Dromaeosaurid)
Dromaeosaurid ungual (potential Deinonychus or Velociraptorine)
Orthoceras Fossil in Limestone
Orthoceras regulare
Calcite rosette (possibly fossilized shell fragment)
Calcite, CaCO₃; crystal habit appears botryoidal/rosette-like
Kambaba Jasper
Stromatolite (Fossilized Algae)
Polished septarian nodule
Calcite–aragonite–barite septarian concretion, commonly in a claystone or limestone matrix
Fossil scallop shell
Pectinid bivalve fossil; likely a scallop (family Pectinidae), exact genus/species uncertain
Fossil fish impression/cast (likely small ray-finned fish)
Unidentified Actinopterygii; possibly a fish fossil in laminated shale
Sandstone Pebbles
Arenite
Sandstone
Arenite
Sandstone
Clastic Sedimentary Rock
Sandstone
Arenite (SiO2 predominantly)
Weathered pink granite
Granite, chiefly quartz, feldspar, and mica
Fossiliferous limestone
Bioclastic limestone, chiefly calcite (CaCO₃), with fossil shell fragments
Stromatolite
Biogenic sedimentary rock / Stromatolite
Fossiliferous shale or slate with plant impressions
Carbonaceous mudstone/shale; possible fossil plant material (often fern-like impressions)
Fossilized Shark Tooth
Elasmobranchii (fossilized matrix/root section)