Travertine
Terrestrial Sedimentary Limestone (CaCO3)
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Travertine
Terrestrial Sedimentary Limestone (CaCO3)
Fossiliferous Limestone
Sedimentary rock containing Indeterminate Fossil remains (likely Crinoid stem or Bryozoan fragment)
Druzy Quartz on Limestone
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Quartz and Limestone Grouping
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) / Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Fossiliferous limestone pebble
Calcite-rich limestone (primarily CaCO₃), with possible fossil or fossil-fragment patterns
Fossilized echinoid (sea urchin), likely a sand dollar fragment or small regular urchin
Echinodermata; commonly Clypeasteroida or Echinoida, preserved mainly as calcite (CaCO₃)
Chert with Limestone matrix
Microcrystalline silica (SiO2) in Calcite (CaCO3) matrix
Veined Limestone
Calcite-veined Limestone (CaCO3)
Fossiliferous Limestone
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3) - Limestone
Fossiliferous Limestone
Limestone (Calcium Carbonate - CaCO3)
Weathered limestone
Limestone, predominantly calcite (CaCO₃)
Fossiliferous Limestone
Fossiliferous Limestone (Sedimentary Rock)
Fossiliferous Limestone
Limestone (CaCO3 - Calcium Carbonate)
Fossiliferous Limestone
Bioclastic Limestone (composition: CaCO3)
Limestone Pebble
Limestone (Calcium Carbonate, CaCO3)
Slickenside in Limestone
Tectonized Limestone / Calcite (CaCO3)
Fossiliferous Limestone
Fossiliferous Limestone (containing bioclasts)
Fossiliferous limestone
Calcite-rich limestone (CaCO₃), possibly coral or shell-bearing bioclastic limestone
Geode (Unopened)
Quartz Geode (SiO2-rich chalcedony/quartz nodule)
Fossiliferous Limestone
Biogenic Sedimentary Rock (primarily CaCO3 with fossil fragments)
Fossil coral fragment
Fossilized colonial coral, commonly Favositidae or related tabulate coral
Travertine
Travertine (CaCO3)
Fossilized Gastropod in Limestone
Gastropoda (Class) in Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Fossiliferous Limestone (Chert/Clay mixed)
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3) / Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Weathered limestone or calcitic fossil-bearing rock
Calcite-rich limestone, primarily CaCO₃
Fossiliferous limestone pebble
Calcite-rich limestone containing possible brachiopod or coral fossil impressions
Fossilized Gastropod in Limestone
Gastropoda (Class) in Fossiliferous Limestone
Small pale stone fragment (undetermined)
Unidentified; the image lacks diagnostic detail for a reliable identification
Limestone bedrock
Limestone, chiefly calcite (CaCO₃)
Fossiliferous limestone
Calcite-rich limestone (primarily CaCO₃), possibly containing fossil shell or coral fragments
Vuggy Limestone
Carbonate Sedimentary Rock with Vuggy Porosity (CaCO3)
Limestone Pebble
Limestone (Calcium Carbonate - CaCO3)
Weathered light-colored rock pebble, possibly limestone
Likely micritic limestone (calcium carbonate, CaCO₃); exact identification is uncertain from the photograph
Chert Nodules in Limestone
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2) within Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Mosasaur Tooth Fossil
Mosasaurus sp.
Likely limestone
Calcite-rich limestone (primarily CaCO₃); identification from the photo is tentative
Small pale mineral fragment, likely quartz or calcite
Tentatively quartz (SiO₂) or calcite (CaCO₃); image resolution prevents confident identification
Lapis Lazuli
Lapis Lazuli (Rock composed mainly of lazurite, calcite, and pyrite)
Orange Calcite
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Lapis Lazuli (or Sodalite)
Lapis Lazuli (principally Lazurite: Na6Ca2(Al6Si6O24)S2)
Chert
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Flint
Sedimentary cryptocrystalline quartz (SiO2)