Fossilized Echinoid (Sea Urchin)
Echinoidea (Class)
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Fossilized Echinoid (Sea Urchin)
Echinoidea (Class)
Fossilized Shark Tooth
Elasmobranchii gen. indet.
Ocean Jasper (Orbicular Jasper)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with iron and other mineral inclusions
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (SiO2)
Weathered schist
Mica schist, likely chlorite–biotite schist
Yellow Jasper
Quartz (Silicon Dioxide, SiO2 with impurities)
Red Jasper
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with iron oxide inclusions
Jasper
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Jasper with Quartz Veining
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) - Opaque cryptocrystalline variety of Quartz
Botryoidal Hematite
Iron Oxide (Fe2O3)
Shungite
Shungite (carbon-rich Precambrian rock)
Amber (Copal)
Succinate (Fossilized Resin)
Megalodon Shark Tooth
Otodus megalodon
Basalt with Chert or Jasper Inclusion
Igneous basalt / sedimentary chert nodule
Amber
Fossilized Tree Resin (C10H16O)
Bumblebee Jasper
Hydrothermal Volcanic Rock (Primarily Calcite with Orpiment - As2S3, Realgar, and Pyrite)
Petrified Coral (Agatized Coral)
Fossilized Anthozoa (Silicon Dioxide replacement - SiO2)
Glauconitic Sanstone (Glauconite)
Glauconite ((K,Na)(Fe,Al,Mg)2(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2)
Granite
Phaneritic Felsic Igneous Rock
Red Jasper
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
River Pebble (Quartz/Chert mix)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with various inclusions
Coarse Sand or Fine Gravel
Detrital Sedimentary Fragments (mostly SiO2)
Chert (Jasper/River Rock)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Weathered quartz-rich pebble
Likely quartz-bearing granite or granitic gneiss; exact identification requires testing
Peanut Wood
Petrified Wood (Silicified Araucaria with Teredo boreholes)
Belemnite Fossil
Belemnitida (Order of extinct cephalopods)
Gastropod Fossil (Snail Steinkern)
Class Gastropoda (internal mold)
Banded Chert with Quartz Veining
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Chocolate Jasper
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2) with impurities
Green Quartz (Prasiolite / Chlorite-Included Quartz Pebble)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with micro-inclusions
Starfish Fossil
Asteroidea fossil
Petrified wood
Silicified wood, commonly quartz/chalcedony (SiO₂) replacing wood tissue
Fossilized Shark Tooth
Fossilized Elasmobranchii tooth (likely Odontaspis or Carcharias)
Greywacke (River Pebble)
Dirty Sandstone (SiO2 with lithic fragments)
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (SiO2)
Shale or Mudstone (Based on appearance)
Shale (fine-grained, laminated fissile sedimentary rock) / Mudstone (fine-grained, non-fissile sedimentary rock)
Fossilized Shark Tooth (Drum Fish Tooth/Pavement Tooth)
Sparidae or Sciaenidae (Crushing plate dental fossil)
Jasper
Silicon dioxide (Microcrystalline quartz, SiO2 with iron oxide impurities)
Jasper
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Petrified Wood
Silicified wood (primarily quartz replacing organic cellulose)
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (SiO2)
Fossil Shark Tooth
Carcharodon carcharias (modern/recent) or similar Lamniform fossil