Milky quartz (likely iron-stained quartz)
Quartz, silicon dioxide (SiO₂)
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Milky quartz (likely iron-stained quartz)
Quartz, silicon dioxide (SiO₂)
Fossilized Shark Tooth
Bioapatite (Calcium Hydroxyapatite) replacement
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (SiO2)
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood
Turritella Gastropod Fossil
Turritella (mollusk fossil in sedimentary matrix)
Fossil plant impression slab
Fossilized plant compression/impression; exact taxon indeterminate from the image
Graywacke
Lithic Sandstone (Graywacke)
Fossilized bivalve shell fragment
Fossil Mollusca, likely a bivalve (class Bivalvia); exact genus cannot be determined from the image
Shale
Shale (Sedimentary rock composed of mud/clay minerals)
Shark Tooth Fossil
Carcharocles megalodon or similar extinct shark tooth
Banded Sandstone (River Cobble)
Arenite Sandstone with heavy mineral layering
Petrified Coral Fossil (Honeycomb Coral)
Favosites (Rugosa/Tabulate coral fossil replaced by microcrystalline quartz/chalcedony)
Rounded fossiliferous limestone or weathered limestone nodule
Likely bioclastic limestone, composed mainly of calcite (CaCO₃); exact identification is limited by the blurry image
Milky quartz with iron staining
Quartz (SiO₂), likely iron-oxide-stained
Milky quartz fragment
Quartz (silicon dioxide, SiO₂)
Milky quartz
Quartz (silicon dioxide, SiO₂)
Small translucent quartz fragment
Quartz (SiO₂), possibly milky or near-colorless quartz
Quartz-Veined Mudstone
Argillaceous Mudstone with Quartz Veining
Trilobite fossil in matrix
Trilobita (arthropod fossil; exact species cannot be determined from the image)
Fossilized tooth or tooth fragment
Indeterminate vertebrate tooth; possibly a fossil shark tooth (Carcharodon/Carcharocles)
Limonite (Ironstone) pseudomorph
Limonite (Hydrous ferric oxide), FeO(OH)·nH2O
Fossil bivalve shell
Fossilized mollusk (Bivalvia), likely oyster or related species; exact genus requires locality and preparation
Weathered iron-rich rock (possibly ironstone)
Likely ferruginous sandstone or ironstone; exact identification requires examination
White pebble (likely quartz or milky quartz)
Quartz, SiO₂ (tentative identification from the image)
Drupa Quartz (Sparkly Drusy Quartz on Matrix)
Crystalline Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) on host rock
Fossilized bivalve shell fragment
Calcitic shell material, commonly Arca or related marine bivalve; primarily CaCO₃
Glauconite
Glauconite (K,Na)(Fe3+,Al,Mg)2(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2
Fossil shell impression or shell-bearing limestone
Indeterminate bioclastic carbonate; likely mollusk fragment preserved in limestone or mudstone
Fossilized Brachiopod
Phylum Brachiopoda
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (primarily Quartz / Chalcedony: SiO2)
Fossilized scallop shell fragment
Bivalve shell, composed primarily of calcite (CaCO₃)
Weathered granitic gneiss (probable)
Gneiss, chiefly quartz–feldspar–biotite; compositionally granitic
Sandstone (likely Siltstone variety)
Arenite / Siltstone (primary mineral SiO2)
Possible granite or granitic gneiss pebble
Granite; primarily quartz, feldspar, and mica
Fossilized shell fragment in limestone
Bioclast (likely bivalve or brachiopod) preserved in calcitic limestone
Limonite (Ironstone Concretion)
Limonite (FeO(OH)·nH2O)
Shale (possibly Carbonaceous or Oil Shale)
Laminated Mudstone (primarily clay minerals and quartz)
Fossil gastropod (snail shell)
Fossilized gastropod; original shell likely aragonite or calcite (CaCO₃), now partly mineral-replaced
Fossil tooth fragment
Likely fossilized shark tooth or marine vertebrate tooth; exact taxon cannot be determined from the image
Fossil shark tooth
Likely fossilized shark tooth, possibly Otodus or Carcharhinus; exact identification requires a sharper, closer image
Polished fossil shell fragment
Fossilized bivalve or gastropod shell, likely calcitic/aragonitic carbonate
Fossilized Shark Tooth
Chondrichthyes tooth