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)
Fossil Snail
Gastropoda (fossilized)
Tumbled brown quartz/chert pebble
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), possibly chert or jasper
Fossilized Bark
Lepidodendron / Sigillaria fossil impression
Polished jasper or jasper-rich breccia
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), commonly with iron oxides and other silicates
Polished gray metamorphic stone, likely marble
Calcite-dominant marble (CaCO₃), possibly dolomitic marble
Beryl (Emerald variety in host rock)
Be3Al2(SiO3)6 (Silicate mineral)
Amber
Succinite (fossilized resin, C10H16O)
Chert (Flint)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Chert Nodules
Chert (SiO2)
Petrified Wood
Silicified wood (primarily quartz, SiO2)
Fossilized Coral
Cnidaria fossil / Calcite-replaced coral
Fossilized Wood (with Coal and Limonite)
Petrified Wood (Silicified or Carbonized Flora)
Enrolled Trilobite Fossil
Phylum Arthropoda, Class Trilobita (likely Calymene or Flexicalymene)
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (primarily Quartz/Chalcedony, SiO2)
Chert (Field Flint)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Likely polished black-and-white stone fragment
Indeterminate from image; possibly tourmalinated quartz, black-and-white jasper, or coated stone
Petrified Wood
Silicified wood / Xylopal
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (primarily SiO2)
Chert (specifically Flint)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Yellow Jasper
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with iron inclusions
Tumbled brown stone, likely jasper or fine-grained quartzite
Uncertain; probable microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), possibly ferruginous jasper
Weathered iron-rich rock, possibly basalt or ironstone
Indeterminate; likely Fe-oxide-bearing basaltic rock (commonly magnetite/hematite in a silicate matrix)
Unakite
Epidotized Granite (Fe, Ca, Al silicate + KAlSi3O8)
Chert (Jasper/Flint variety)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Silicified Gastropod Fossil (Agatized Fossil)
Gastropoda (Class) preserved in Chalcedony/Quartz (SiO2)
Tumbled jasper pebble
Jasper, an opaque microcrystalline variety of quartz (SiO₂), commonly containing iron oxides and other silicates
Chert (specifically a Chert Nodule or Flint)
Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Petrified Wood
Silicified wood (Quartz replacement of organic wood structure)
Fossilized Shark Tooth (Megalodon or Carcharocles species fragment)
Otodus megalodon / Carcharocles spp. (Apatite / Calcium Phosphate)
Polished orbicular jasper (likely ocean jasper)
Jasper: microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), with iron oxides and other silicate inclusions
Lapis Lazuli
Lapis Lazuli (Rock composed primarily of Lazurite (Na,Ca)8(AlSiO4)6(S,Cl,SO4,OH)2, Calcite, and Pyrite)
Fossil brachiopod or bivalve shell fragment
Likely a fossilized, ribbed brachiopod; exact genus/species cannot be determined from the image
Chert (and Jasper variety)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Fossilized Shark Teeth
Otodus sp. (Eocene Sand Tiger/Mackerel Shark)
Chert Pebble
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Chert (River Cobble)
Chert (Cryptocrystalline Quartz, SiO2)
Chert (Flint Nodules)
Chert (Microcrystalline Quartz, SiO2)
Raw Amber / Resin Mineral
Succinite (Fossilized Tree Resin)
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (primarily SiO2 - Silicon Dioxide / Chalcedony)
Yellow Beryl (Heliodor)
Beryllium aluminum silicate (Be3Al2Si6O18)
Chert (varietal: Jasper or Ironstone nodule)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2) with iron oxides