Crinoid Stem Fossil
Class Crinoidea (Phylum Echinodermata), primarily Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
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Crinoid Stem Fossil
Class Crinoidea (Phylum Echinodermata), primarily Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Crinoid Columnal Fossil
Crinoid ossicle (Class Crinoidea)
Brachiopod Fossil in Chert
Phylum Brachiopoda within Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Gastropod Steinkern (Fossil Snail Internal Mold)
Class Gastropoda (Internal Mold)
Brown Quartz (Jasper or Chert)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Red Sandstone
Arenite (ferruginous sandstone)
Sandstone (Quartzose)
Arenite (primarily SiO2)
Amber
Succinite (Approximate formula: C10H16O)
Chert (Siliceous Mudstone variant)
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO2)
Sandstone
Arenite (SiO2 based with various cements)
Chert (Nodule)
Microcrystalline or Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Fossiliferous Limestone (Coral Rag)
Biogenic Limestone (Calcium Carbonate, CaCO3)
Amber
Succinite (fossilized resin)
Red Sandstone
Arenite (primarily Quartz, SiO2, with Iron Oxide cementing agent)
Sandstone (likely Quartzose Sandstone)
Arenite (SiO2 predominantly)
Shale
Shale (clay-sized silicate minerals)
Limestone (Fossiliferous)
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3) - Bioclastic Limestone
Amber
Succinite (Approximate formula: C10H16O)
Coquina / Shelly Limestone
Bioclastic Limestone (composed of CaCO3)
Fossiliferous Limestone (Coquina / Shell Limestone)
Bioclastic Limestone (CaCO3)
Sandstone
Arenite (primarily SiO2)
Sandstone (likely Arkosic or Lithic Sandstone)
Sandstone (SiO2 predominant)
Fossilized Coral (Petoskey Stone type)
Hexagonaria percarinata (Fossilized Rugose Coral)
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (primarily SiO2)
Fossiliferous Limestone
Sedimentary Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (SiO2)
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (primarily SiO2)
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (SiO2)
Fossil Shell (Bivalve)
Phylum Mollusca, Class Bivalvia (typically composed of Calcium Carbonate / CaCO3)
Fossiliferous Limestone (Chertified Limestone)
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3) often replaced by Microcrystalline Silica (SiO2)
Fossil / Permineralized Bone
Tyrannosaurus rex fossil (Hydroxylapatite replaced by various minerals)
Shale or Siltstone
Sedimentary Clastic Rock (Variable mineral composition including quartz and clay minerals)
Brachiopod Fossil (Spiriferid)
Phylum Brachiopoda, Order Spiriferida (CaCO3 - Calcium Carbonate)
Honeycomb Coral Fossil
Favosites (extinct genus of tabulate coral)
Shale
Lutaceous sedimentary rock
Limestone with possible fossil inclusions
Sedimentary Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Septarian Nodule
Septarian Concretion (Calcite, Aragonite, Limestone)
Ironstone Concretion (Moqui Marble)
Iron-oxide concretion (Fe2O3 / FeO(OH))
Chert (Flint) Nodule
Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Ironstone Concretion / Hematite Nodules
Ferruginous Sedimentary Rock (primarily Hematite Fe2O3 and Goethite FeO(OH))
Sandstone
Arenite (SiO2 based)
Amber
Succinite (specific to Baltic amber), fossilized tree resin