Fossil tooth, possibly shark tooth
Indeterminate fossilized vertebrate tooth; likely a shark tooth (possibly *Carcharhinus* or related genus)
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Fossil tooth, possibly shark tooth
Indeterminate fossilized vertebrate tooth; likely a shark tooth (possibly *Carcharhinus* or related genus)
Grooved Maun Ball (Maul/Hammerstone-like Concretion)
Calcareous/Ferruginous Concretion in Sandstone Matrix
Sandstone (Arkose)
Arkose Sandstone (SiO2 with KAlSi3O8)
Coarse Sand and River Gravel
Siliciclastic Sediment (primarily Quartz and Feldspar)
Small rounded tan pebble, likely quartz-rich river stone
Indeterminate; possibly quartz or quartzite (predominantly SiO₂)
Mixed beach gravel and sand
Unsorted siliciclastic sediment, chiefly quartz and rock fragments
Jasper Marble
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with Impurities
Ironstone Concretions (Ironstone)
Ferruginous Sandstone or Siltstone (Fe2O3)
Fossilized gastropod (likely nerite or related sea snail)
Gastropoda; shell composed originally of aragonite/calcite, commonly replaced or infilled by calcite
Rounded gray river pebble
Likely fine-grained quartz-rich sandstone or siltstone; exact identification requires a fresh surface and tests
Reddish-brown weathered rock (specific type uncertain)
Possibly iron-oxide-stained sandstone or siltstone; image alone is insufficient for a firm identification
Fossil-bearing concretion, possibly containing a fossil shell or other organic inclusion
Calcareous concretion; exact fossil and host-rock composition are not identifiable from the image
Rhodochrosite
Manganese Carbonate (MnCO3)
Gravel and Pebbles
Unconsolidated rock fragments (clastic sediment)
Likely ironstone pebble
Iron-rich concretion, probably goethite/limonite cementing sediment; exact identification is uncertain from the photograph
Fossilized Shell or Coral Fragment in Matrix
Invertebrate Fossil in Sedimentary Rock
Fossilized Shark Tooth
Chondrichthyes (Class)
Weathered stone nodule or concretion
Unidentified lithic concretion; composition cannot be determined from the image
Fossil brachiopod or bivalve shell fragment
Likely a fossilized, ribbed brachiopod; exact genus/species cannot be determined from the image
Bivalve Fossil (Shell-bearing Sedimentary Rock)
Class Bivalvia (Phylum Mollusca) within a Calcarenite/Sandstone matrix
Fossilized Bivalve Shell
Bivalvia (fossil specimen)
Green sea glass (likely bottle glass)
Man-made soda–lime silicate glass; not a natural mineral
Sandstone (Iron-stained)
Arenite with Limonite/Hematite staining
Vivianite
Vivianite, Fe2+3(PO4)2·8H2O
Sand (Construction Grade)
Unconsolidated siliciclastic sediment (primarily SiO2)
Gravel and Pebbles
Unconsolidated rock fragments / detrital sediment
Quartz Sand Gravel
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Asphalt / Bituminous Aggregate
Bituminous mixture (Hydrocarbon-based sediment)
Milky quartz vein fragment
Quartz (silicon dioxide, SiO₂)
Clear quartz (rock crystal)
Quartz, silicon dioxide (SiO₂)
Tumbled milky quartz
Quartz (SiO₂), likely translucent white variety
White quartz pebble
Quartz (SiO₂), likely massive milky quartz
Milky quartz fragment
Quartz (silicon dioxide, SiO₂)
Tumbled milky quartz
Quartz, SiO₂
Fossil-bearing Sedimentary Rock
Sedimentum cum fossili
Sandstone
Arenite (primarily composed of SiO2)
Pyrite-bearing rock, likely pyrite schist or phyllite
Quartz–mica-rich metamorphic rock with disseminated pyrite (FeS₂); exact rock type cannot be confirmed from the image
Ironstone Concretion
Ironstone (Limonite/Goethite/Hematite mixture)
Siltstone Concretion
Carbonate-cemented Siltstone Concretion
Sandstone (Gneissic or Banded)
Clastic Sedimentary Rock (composed predominantly of SiO2)
Banded Chert / Cryptocrystalline Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Bivalve Fossil (Clam Stone)
Phylum Mollusca, Class Bivalvia