Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (SiO2)
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Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (SiO2)
Limestone
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Crushed Stone (Gravel/Aggregates)
Crushed rock aggregate (varied composition including Granite, Limestone, and Quartz)
Chert (containing small fossils)
Chert (Microcrystalline Quartz, SiO2)
Sandstone
Clastic sedimentary rock (SiO2 primary)
Fossil Coral (Favosites)
Favosites (Order: Tabulata, Phylum: Cnidaria)
Sandstone
Arenite (SiO2 based)
Limestone
Limestone (Calcium Carbonate - CaCO3)
Chert (containing fossil leaf impression)
Microcrystalline silicon dioxide (SiO2)
Ferruginous Sandstone (with ripple marks)
Arenite with Iron-Oxide (Fe2O3) cement
Siltstone or Fine-grained Sandstone pebble
Siltstone (primarily SiO2 with clay minerals)
Sandstone Concretion
Limonitic Sandstone Concretion
Kambaba Jasper (Crocodile Jasper)
Stromatolite (Fossilized Algae)
Chert (Hagstone/Adder Stone)
Microcrystalline or Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Ironstone Concretion
Siderite or Ferruginous Concretion (FeCO3 or Iron Oxides)
Petoskey Stone (Fossilized Rugose Coral)
Hexagonaria percarinata (Calcium Carbonate, CaCO3)
Shale
Clastic sedimentary rock (primarily clay and silt minerals)
Sandstone
Arenite
Sandstone
Arenite (primarily SiO2 with iron oxide cementation)
Sandstone (with Iron Staining)
Arenite (composed primarily of SiO2 with Fe2O3 staining)
Ferruginous Sandstone (Ironstone)
Ferruginous Sandstone / Limonite-cemented Quartz Sandstone
Limestone with Weathering Rind
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3) - Bioclastic or Micritic Limestone
Red Sandstone
Arenite (Iron-rich Sandstone)
Limestone
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Conglomerate
Conglomerative Sedimentary Rock
Red Sandstone
Arenite (primarily SiO2 with hematite/iron oxide coating)
Sandstone (with potential mineral staining/concretions)
Arenite (SiO2 based)
Coquina
Biogenic Limestone (Calcite/Aragonite base, CaCO3)
Chert (Quartz Pebble)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Limestone
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Red Sandstone
Clastic sedimentary rock (primarily SiO2 with Fe2O3)
Silty Shale or Mudstone
Siltstone/Mudstone (Clastic Sedimentary Rock)
Limestone with Fossil Fragments
Bioclastic Limestone (CaCO3)
Fossiliferous Limestone (Coquina)
Biogenic Limestone (Calcium Carbonate, CaCO3)
Limestone
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Banded Chert
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Banded Chert
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Coral Fossil (Favosites)
Favosites (Calcite/Calcium Carbonate, CaCO3)
Flexicalymene Trilobite Fossil
Flexicalymene meeki (Order Phacopida, Family Calymenidae)
Dinosaur Fossil (Skull)
Dinosauria fossilis (Petrified Hydroxyapatite / Calcium Carbonate)
Calamites Fossil in Sandstone
Calamites (Genus) in Lithic Sandstone
Fossil Coral (Rugose)
Rugosa (Order), often preserved in Limestone (CaCO3)