Fossiliferous Limestone
Biogenic Limestone (Calcium Carbonate, CaCO3)
Category
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Fossiliferous Limestone
Biogenic Limestone (Calcium Carbonate, CaCO3)
Black Limestone with Calcite Veins
Limestone (Calcium Carbonate, CaCO3)
Asphalt (Bituminous Concrete)
Asphaltum / Bitumen-Aggregate Matrix
Gastropod Fossil (Snail Steinkern)
Class Gastropoda (internal mold)
Conglomerate
Conglomeratic Sandstone
Limestone (specifically Fossiliferous Limestone)
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Chert (Jasper Variant likely)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Note: Item is a Synthetic/Man-made Object
Titanium-coated Stainless Steel (Fe-Cr-Ni-Ti)
Fossiliferous Limestone
Limestone with embedded fossil cross-section
Breccia
Clastic Breccia (SiO2/CaCO3 dominated)
Common Gravel / Pebble
Lithified rock fragment / Detrital sediment
Conglomerate
Clastic Sedimentary Rock (Conglomerate)
Conglomerate
Conglomerate (clastic sedimentary rock)
Weathered limestone or calcareous fossil fragment
Calcite-rich carbonate rock (CaCO₃), possibly fossiliferous limestone
Crinoid and Coral Fossils in Limestone
Fossiliferous Limestone with Rugosa (order) and Crinoidea (class)
Puddingstone (Gowganda Tillite/Jasper Conglomerate)
Jasper Conglomerate (SiO2 primary composition)
River Rock (Mossy)
Stream-rounded Clast (likely Siltstone or Sandstone with bryophytes)
Blue Chalcedony Cube
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Calcite-rich limestone (possibly fossiliferous limestone)
Calcite, CaCO₃, in a limestone matrix
Puddingstone
Polymictic Conglomerate
Fossilized Crinoid Stem in Limestone
Crinoidea (Class) in Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3) matrix
Fossiliferous Limestone
Biogenic Limestone (Calcium Carbonate, CaCO3)
Mixed collection of natural stones
Several unidentified lithologies, likely including basalt, granite, quartzite, sandstone, and weathered metamorphic rocks
Jewelry Chain with Blue and Clear Gemstones (Likely Cubic Zirconia)
Cubic Zirconia (ZrO₂), Silver or White Gold/Platinum Alloy
Iron-stained chert or jasper pebble
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), likely hematite/goethite-bearing
Conglomerate
Conglomerate (clastic sedimentary rock)
Sandstone with Trace Fossils
Quartz Arenite with Bioturbation (Trace Fossils)
Man-made Synthetic Material (Not a rock or mineral)
Polyester (Polyethylene terephthalate) / Faux Fur
Blue Sapphire (Synthetic or Man-made Glass Imitation)
Corundum (Al2O3) if natural; Lead-glass or Spinal if synthetic
Man-made Synthetic Material (Costume Faux Fur)
Synthetic Polymer (Polyester/Acrylic)
Conglomerate
Conglomerate (clastic sedimentary rock)
Layered shale and sandstone gorge
Shale and thin-bedded sandstone, likely Devonian or older sedimentary strata
Banded chert or siliceous mudstone
Microcrystalline quartz (chalcedony), SiO₂; possibly ferruginous shale
Jasper / Quartz Pebble
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with microcrystalline impurities
Fossil Coral (Rugose Coral)
Rugosa (extinct order of solitary and colonial corals)
Sandstone Concretion
Ferruginous Sandstone Concretion (Primarily SiO2 with Iron Oxide cement)
Crinoid Fossil Marble
Crinoidal Limestone / Phylum Echinodermata
Puddingstone (specifically Michigan/Gowganda Puddingstone)
Quartzite Conglomerate (Gowganda Formation)
Fossiliferous Limestone
Biogenic Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Gowganda Tillite (Puddingstone)
Glacial Tillite (Diamictite) with Jasper inclusions
Breccia
Breccia (Clastic Sedimentary Rock)
Rounded brown pebble, likely chert or iron-stained quartzite
Chert (microcrystalline quartz, SiO₂) or quartzite (recrystallized quartz, SiO₂)