Fossilized Sand Tiger Shark Tooth
Carcharias taurus / Striatolamia macrota (mineralized as Hydroxylapatite/Francolite)
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Fossilized Sand Tiger Shark Tooth
Carcharias taurus / Striatolamia macrota (mineralized as Hydroxylapatite/Francolite)
Fossilized ammonite
Ammonoidea (likely a ribbed Jurassic–Cretaceous ammonite), replaced mainly by calcite or silica
Petrified Wood
Silicified wood (primarily quartz, SiO2)
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (SiO2)
Yellow Jasper
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) - Impure Cryptocrystalline Quartz
Petrified Wood
Silicified wood (primarily Quartz, SiO2)
Fossilized Echinoid Fragment (Calycinal/Boss Fossil)
Echinodermata fossil fragment
Concretion
Septarian Concretion (Fragmentary)
Ironstone Concretion
Siderite or Ferruginous Concretion (FeCO3 or Iron Oxides)
Greywacke
Dirty Sandstone (Lithic wacke)
Sandstone (with banding/weathering)
Clastic Sedimentary Rock (primarily SiO2)
Tumbled yellow-brown stone, likely jasper or quartzite
Undetermined; possibly microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂) in jasper or quartzite
River Cobble (Mixed Lithology)
Clastic Sedimentary Rock (Silicified Siltstone or Wacke)
Polished basalt pebble
Basalt, a fine-grained mafic volcanic rock; likely containing plagioclase, pyroxene, olivine, and iron oxides
Fossil Shark Tooth
Carcharadon sp. (likely Carcharodon carcharias or similar Lamniformes)
Quartz geode fragment
Mostly crystalline quartz (SiO₂), likely with chalcedony and minor iron-oxide staining
Weathered quartz pebble (tentative)
Quartz, SiO₂; possibly iron-stained quartz or quartz-rich rock
Milky quartz pebble
Quartz (silicon dioxide, SiO₂)
Likely weathered quartz-rich rock
Probably quartz-bearing sandstone or milky quartz; exact identification requires testing
Polished brown stone, likely jasper or chert
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), probable jasper/chert; identification is limited by the image
Small rounded quartz-rich pebble
Likely quartz (SiO₂), possibly iron-stained chert or quartzite
Weathered iron-rich concretion or possible meteorite
Likely limonite/goethite concretion; meteorite status unconfirmed
Likely tumbled jasper or iron-rich chert
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), possibly colored by iron oxides
Likely iron-stained quartz/chalcedony pebble
Silicon dioxide (SiO₂), probably quartz or microcrystalline chalcedony with iron-oxide staining
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (SiO2)
Howlite (White Buffalo Turquoise)
Howlite (Calcium Borosilicate Hydroxide), Ca2B5SiO9(OH)5
Weathered jasper/chert nodule
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), likely iron- and clay-stained jasper or chert
Weathered mica-rich metamorphic rock, likely schist
Muscovite/biotite schist with quartz and feldspar
Quartz-rich pebble (likely milky quartz)
Quartz, SiO₂
Likely gneiss pebble
Foliated quartz–feldspar gneiss, with dark biotite or amphibole
Polished red jasper pendant
Jasper, an opaque microcrystalline variety of quartz (SiO₂), colored mainly by iron oxides
Likely polished dark pebble
Indeterminate; possibly basalt, black jasper, or a dark sulfide-rich stone
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (SiO2)
Fossilized tooth or jaw fragment (likely fish or reptile)
Indeterminate vertebrate bone/tooth; mineralized hydroxyapatite, commonly Ca₅(PO₄)₃(OH)
Fossil brachiopod shell
Brachiopoda; exact genus/species indeterminate
Fossilized Shark Tooth
Chondrichthyes (Class) fossil
Sandstone Concretion
Carbonate-cemented Sandstone Concretion
Fossil-bearing rock, likely a fossilized shell or coral fragment
Unidentified calcitic fossil in a carbonate matrix (likely calcite, CaCO₃)
Chert Nodule in Limestone
Microcrystalline Silica (SiO2) within Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Fossil Shark Tooth
Phylum Chordata, Class Chondrichthyes (Possibly Cretalamna or Otodus)
Blue Apatite
Fluorapatite (Ca5(PO4)3F)
Sandstone (Quartzose)
Arenite (primarily SiO2)