Land Snail Shell
Gastropoda (Calcium Carbonate, CaCO3)
Category
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Land Snail Shell
Gastropoda (Calcium Carbonate, CaCO3)
Pearl
Calcium carbonate (CaCO3) - mainly Aragonite with Conchiolin
Pearl
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3) in the form of Aragonite
Freshwater Pearl
Aragonite / Biogenic Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Mother of Pearl (Nacre)
Aragonite (layered with organic polymers), CaCO3
Fossiliferous Limestone
Biogenic Sedimentary Rock
Stromatolite
Biogenic sedimentary rock
Coquina
Biogenic Limestone (Coquina)
Coquina
Biogenic Limestone (Coquina)
Coquina
Biogenic Limestone (Coquina)
Coquina
Biogenic Limestone (CaCO3)
Coquina / Shelly Limestone
Coquina (Biogenic Limestone)
Ammolite
Ammolite (Biogenic Aragonite with trace elements; fossils of Placenticeras meeki and Placenticeras intercalare)
Pearl
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Abalone Shell (Mother of Pearl)
Aragonite (Biogenic Calcium Carbonate, CaCO3)
Pearl
Calcium Carbonate (Aragonite/Calcite mixed with Conchiolin), CaCO3
Pearl
Calcium carbonate (CaCO3) + organic conchiolin (Biogenic Mineral)
Pearl
Aragonite / Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Pearl
Aragonite and Calcite (CaCO3) with Conchiolin
Pearl
Biogenic Calcium Carbonate (Aragonite/Calcite), CaCO3
Calcite
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Baroque Pearl
Biogenic Calcium Carbonate (Aragonite/Conchiolin)
Calcite (or Travertine / Limestone)
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Chert (Chalcedony/Agate)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Pearl
Aragonite (CaCO3) with Conchiolin
Green Chert
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Black Pearl (Tahitian-style Cultured Pearl)
Calcium Carbonate (Aragonite) with Conchiolin (CaCO3)
Fossiliferous Limestone
Biogenic Limestone (Calcium Carbonate, CaCO3)
Chert / Flint
Microcrystalline or Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Calcite in Matrix
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Stromatolite
Laminated biogenic sedimentary structure (Cyanobacteria)
Coquina (Limestone)
Bioclastic Limestone (CaCO3)
Fossil Shark Tooth
Otodus sp. (possibly Otodus obliquus)
Chert (Agate / Jasper pebble)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Pearl (Pendant)
Calcium Carbonate (Aragonite/Calcite) - CaCO3
Banded Chert
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Chert (Flint)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Fossilized shell or bone fragment
Indeterminate biogenic calcite or apatite fossil
Pearl
Calcium Carbonate (primarily Aragonite and Calcite), CaCO3
Chert (Nodule)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) - Cryptocrystalline Quartz
Mother of Pearl (Nacre)
Calcium Carbonate (Aragonite) with organic conchiolin
Chert (Jasper / Iron-stained Chert)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2 with Fe-oxides)