Slate
Slate; fine-grained metamorphosed shale, commonly mica- and chlorite-rich
Category
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Slate
Slate; fine-grained metamorphosed shale, commonly mica- and chlorite-rich
Shark Tooth Fossil
Elasmobranchii dentition (fossilized)
Fossilized Shark Tooth
Fossilized elasmobranch tooth (Apatite/Calcium Phosphate)
Pyrite Concretion (Grapestone)
Iron Sulfide (FeS2) Concretion
Banded mica schist
Mica schist, chiefly muscovite/biotite with quartz and feldspar
Quartz Pebble (Yellow Quartz / Quartzite Pebble)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Fossilized Shark Tooth (Megalodon or Carcharocles species fragment)
Otodus megalodon / Carcharocles spp. (Apatite / Calcium Phosphate)
Rounded sandstone pebble
Quartz-rich sandstone, likely arkose or quartz arenite
Bivalve Fossil
Bivalvia (Phylum Mollusca)
Fossilized scallop shell
Bivalve shell, likely a scallop (family Pectinidae); shell composed chiefly of calcite and/or aragonite (CaCO₃)
Fossil coral limestone
Fossilized colonial coral, commonly Favosites or related tabulate coral, preserved in calcite (CaCO₃)
Sandstone (Banded)
Arenite (primarily SiO2)
Concretion
Septarian or Siderite Concretion
Limitation Concretion
Ironstone Concretion (Goethite/Limonite)
Concretion
Sedimentary Concretion (Ironstone / Calcite Concretion)
Likely fossilized shell or carbonate concretion
Indeterminate biogenic calcium carbonate, commonly calcite (CaCO₃)
Sandstone (likely Arkosic or Lithic)
Clastic Sedimentary Rock (composed mostly of SiO2)
Sandstone
Clastic sedimentary rock (primarily SiO2)
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (SiO2)
Concretion (Sandstone)
Sandstone Concretion
Sandstone Concretion
Sedimentary Concretion (SiO2 or CaCO3 cemented)
Green Slate or Metamorphic Rock
Metamorphic rock (chlorite/actinolite-bearing)
Likely quartz fragment
Quartz (silicon dioxide, SiO₂)
Tumbled white quartz
Quartz (silicon dioxide, SiO₂), likely milky quartz
Fossilized Shark Tooth
Fossilised Chondrichthyes dental specimen (likely Otodus or Carcharias sp.)
Banded Sandstone
Quartz Arenite (with iron oxide banding)
Polished fossil shell fragment (likely ammonite or bivalve)
Fossilized mollusk shell; likely aragonite/calcite replaced by silica or iron-rich minerals
Weathered iron-rich rock or concretion
Likely limonite/goethite-bearing concretion; exact identification requires testing
Fossil shark tooth
Likely a fossilized shark tooth, possibly Carcharhinus or a related requiem shark; exact species is indeterminate from the image.
Phantom Quartz (Chlorite Inclusion)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with Chlorite (Mg,Fe,Al)6(Si,Al)4O10(OH)8
Yellow Ochre / Limonite
Limonite (FeO(OH)·nH2O)
Wishing Stone (Basalt/Siltstone with Quartz/Calcite vein)
Carbonaceous Siltstone with Quartz (SiO2) or Calcite (CaCO3) vein
Rounded greenish volcanic pebble, likely andesite
Fine-grained andesite (tentative; exact identification requires closer examination)
Rounded ironstone concretion
Iron-rich sedimentary concretion, commonly composed of goethite and/or hematite cementing sand or clay
Weathered brown stone, likely sandstone or mudstone
Indeterminate clastic sedimentary rock; likely quartz-rich sandstone or lithified mudstone
Muscovite Mica
KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Fossilized bivalve or brachiopod shell
Mineralized carbonate shell, commonly calcite (CaCO₃); exact taxon indeterminate from image
Fossilized bivalve shell
Fossil mollusk, likely an oyster or similar bivalve; original shell composed of calcium carbonate (aragonite/calcite)
Tumbled jasper (likely picture jasper or iron-rich jasper)
Microcrystalline quartz/chalcedony, SiO₂, colored by iron oxides
Tumbled quartz pebble
Quartz (silicon dioxide, SiO₂), likely milky or smoky quartz
Quartz pebble (likely milky quartz)
Quartz, silicon dioxide (SiO₂)
Likely milky quartz pebble
Quartz (silicon dioxide, SiO₂)